Outcomes of robot-assisted Versus Video-assisted Mediastinal Mass Resection During the Initial learning curve

Overview

Journal J Robot Surg

Publisher Springer

Specialties Biotechnology
General Surgery

Date 2024 Feb 17

PMID 38367155

Authors

Chengwen Zheng

Yong Ge

Tianyue Ma

Jiajian Pan

Xueqiu Zhang

Teng Sun

Shoujie Feng

Hao Zhang

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Abstract

To compare the learning curve of mediastinal mass resection between robot-assisted surgery and thoracoscopic surgery. Retrospective perioperative data were collected from 160 mediastinal mass resection cases. Data included 80 initial consecutive video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection cases performed from February 2018 to February 2020 and 80 initial consecutive robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) resection cases performed from March 2020 to March 2023. All cases were operated on by a thoracic surgeon. The clinical characteristics and perioperative outcomes of the two groups were compared. The operation time in both the RATS group and VATS group was analyzed using the cumulative sum (CUSUM) method. Based on this method, the learning curves of both groups were divided into a learning period and mastery period. The VATS group and the RATS group crossed the inflection point in the 27th and 21st case, respectively. Subsequently, we found that the learning period was longer than the mastery period with statistically significant differences in terms of the operating time, and postoperative hospital stay in the VATS group and the RATS group. A certain amount of VATS experience can shorten the learning curve for RATS.

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