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Review
. 2023 Feb;33(1):61-69.
doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2022.09.003.

Robotic Surgery for Tracheobronchomalacia

Kenneth P Seastedt  1 , Jennifer L Wilson  2 , Sidhu P Gangadharan  3
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Review

Robotic Surgery for Tracheobronchomalacia

Kenneth P Seastedt et al. Thorac Surg Clin. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Robotic tracheobronchoplasty (TBP) is a new surgical approach to treat tracheobronchomalacia (TBM), and is based on open TBP, which has undergone various technical iterations since the 1950s. The robotic approach to TBM may allow for more patients to undergo TBP, and in retrospective series has demonstrated equivalent outcomes compared to open TBP if not superior in terms of postoperative complications. Long-term data are eagerly awaited, and we describe our approach in this article.

Keywords: Airway collapse; Robotic; Thoracoscopic; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheobronchoplasty.

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