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Pulmonary Resection: From Classical Approaches to Robotic Surgery

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Thoracic surgery has evolved widely, from classical open thoracotomies to video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and to robot assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS). Minimally invasive surgery in all surgical fields is gradually gaining ground against conventional thoracotomies and some standard procedures that were done by surgery with large incisions today are performed through small wounds called ports.

The latest evolution of VATS is Robotic Surgery, in which it is not even necessary for the surgeon to be in the operating room and can even be performed in remote operations with telesurgery. It seems interesting an exciting when the patient or the surgeon cannot be in physical contact.

Possibly no other progress has caused so much impact in the surgical community as the development of Minimally Invasive Surgery did. This revolutionary change has become possible with the continuous development of endoscopic technology, equipment of thoracoscopic instruments, optical equipment and specialized instrument improvement.

The awareness and training of all the human resources involving (surgeons, anesthetists and nursing staff) is the fundamental for the progress in Minimally Invasive Thoracoscopic Surgery. It is also crucial to understand that the experiences and the change of mentality of the patient increasingly creates a demand for the development of technologies that could affect an improvement of the surgical act and therefore in its quality of life.

This scientific-technological revolution has already taken place, although they are still dealing with emerging technologies in full evolution.

This chapter analyzes the historical evolution of this surgical specialty, its current situation and future perspectives.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Head of Thoracic Surgery, Valencia General University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

    Ricardo Guijarro Jorge

  2. Professor in Surgery, Valencia University, Surgery Department, Valencia, Spain

    Ricardo Guijarro Jorge

  3. European Society of Thoracic Surgery, Valencia, Spain

    Ricardo Guijarro Jorge & Alper Toker

  4. Head of Thoracic Surgery, Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Istanbul, Turkey

    Alper Toker

  5. Professor in Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

    Alper Toker

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  2. Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Anaesthesiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Guijarro Jorge, R., Toker, A. (2020). Pulmonary Resection: From Classical Approaches to Robotic Surgery. In: Granell Gil, M., Şentürk, M. (eds) Anesthesia in Thoracic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28528-9_1

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