[Thoracoscopic major lung resection using a newly developed instrument retraction system and a voice-controlled robot].
We report a case of thoracoscopic major lung resection using a newly-developed instrument retraction system and a voice-controlled robot for lung cancer in a 72-year-old woman. The patient was referred to our department for further examination of an abnormal shadow on chest x-ray. A chest computed tomographic scan indicated a suspicion of malignancy. Bronchoscopic brush cytology revealed a lung cancer. Thoracoscopic middle lobectomy of the right lung with dissection of the mediastinal lymphnodes was successfully performed without a human assistance with no complications. The postoperative course was uneventful. Thoracoscopic major lung resection using an instrument retraction system and a voice-controlled robot may be feasible in selected cases.
Okada
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Department of Thoracic Surgery and Medicine, Kamaishi Municipal Hospital, Japan.
Sugawara
H
H
Tanaba
Y
Y
Ishimori
S
S
Yamauchi
T
T
Satoh
S
S
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014831:Voice