Robotic Bronchoscopy: Review of Three Systems

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Journal Life (Basel)

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Feb 25

PMID 36836710

Authors

Maxwell J Diddams

Hans J Lee

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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.

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