Similar results of robotic and uniportal videothoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer treatment

In a recent publication, Yang et al. report the results of a retrospective analysis of intraoperative and early postoperative outcome data from patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) admitted in their institution from January 2015 to September 2016. Their aim was to compare the robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) and uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (UVATS) techniques for NSCLC treatment. Data from 153 subjects were collected; 76 had undergone RATS, and 77 UVATS. Patients themselves had selected the surgical method, while all surgeries had been carried out by a single surgeon (1).