naa a22 4500 510728227 CHVBK 20180411082943.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11748-012-0185-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11748-012-0185-1 Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: current status and prospects [Elektronische Daten] [Hiroshige Nakamura, Yuji Taniguchi] The most favorable advantage of robotic surgery is the markedly free movement of joint-equipped robotic forceps under 3-dimensional high-vision. Accurate operation makes complex procedures straightforward, and may overcome weak points of the previous thoracoscopic surgery. The efficiency and safety improves with acquiring skills. However, the spread of robotic surgery in the general thoracic surgery field has been delayed compared to those in other fields. The surgical indications include primary lung cancer, thymic diseases, and mediastinal tumors, but it is unclear whether the technical advantages felt by operators are directly connected to merits for patients. Moreover, problems concerning the cost and education have not been solved. Although evidence is insufficient for robotic thoracic surgery, it may be an extension of thoracoscopic surgery, and reports showing its usefulness for primary lung cancer, myasthenia gravis, and thymoma have been accumulating. Advancing robot technology has a possibility to markedly change general thoracic surgery. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2012 Robotic surgery nationallicence da Vinci nationallicence General thoracic surgery nationallicence Nakamura Hiroshige Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-cho, 683-8504, Yonago, Tottori, Japan aut Taniguchi Yuji Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-cho, 683-8504, Yonago, Tottori, Japan aut General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/3(2013-03-01), 127-132 1863-6705 61:3<127 2013 61 11748 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0185-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0185-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nakamura Hiroshige Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-cho, 683-8504, Yonago, Tottori, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taniguchi Yuji Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-cho, 683-8504, Yonago, Tottori, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Japan 61/3(2013-03-01), 127-132 1863-6705 61:3<127 2013 61 11748 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer