Advances in Robot-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Demand for Precision

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. caitlin.demarest@vumc.org.

Editorial

William D Tucker et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;31(2):713-715.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14572-3. Epub 2023 Nov 13.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. caitlin.demarest@vumc.org.

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Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes Between Robot-Assisted and Video-Assisted Segmentectomy for Small Pulmonary Nodules: A Propensity Score-Matching Study.
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