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Review
. 2023 Jan 28;13(2):354.
doi: 10.3390/life13020354.

Robotic Bronchoscopy: Review of Three Systems

Maxwell J Diddams  1 , Hans J Lee  2
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Review

Robotic Bronchoscopy: Review of Three Systems

Maxwell J Diddams et al. Life (Basel). .

Abstract

Robotic bronchoscopy (RB) has been shown to improve access to smaller and more peripheral lung lesions, while simultaneously staging the mediastinum. Pre-clinical studies demonstrated extremely high diagnostic yields, but real-world RB yields have yet to fully matched up in prospective studies. Despite this, RB technology has rapidly evolved and has great potential for lung-cancer diagnosis and even treatment. In this article, we review the historical and present challenges with RB in order to compare three RB systems.

Keywords: bronchoscopy; interventional pulmonology; lung cancer; navigational bronchoscopy; pulmonary nodule; robotic bronchoscopy; robotics.

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Conflict of interest statement

Diddams has no conflict of interest to declare. Lee has consulted for Intuitive Surgical, Inc., and Olympus Medical Systems Corp.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Monarch™ platform (Images courtesy of Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy System (Images courtesy of Intuitive Surgical©, Sunnyvale, CA, USA).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Galaxy System™ (Images courtesy of Noah Medical, San Carlos, CA, USA).
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