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Editorial
. 2021 Oct 9:10:540-541.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2021.10.004. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Commentary: Did you leave a ball inside me?

Todd L Demmy  1   2
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Editorial

Commentary: Did you leave a ball inside me?

Todd L Demmy. JTCVS Tech. .
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Aligned, inferior robotic port site preferences that may put rectus innervation at risk.
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Figure 1
Heat map of robotic port site preference from a sample of robotic thoracic surgeons. Notice how the ports tend to converge along inferior interspaces responsible for superior rectus innervation. Reprinted with permission from Oh and colleagues.RUL, Right upper lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; LLL, left lower lobe.
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