In this series, we have studied on the robotic thoracic surgery, which is a close neighbor to VATS. Especially, we have focused on the robotic segmentectomy operations. We have discussed the role of segmentectomy operations, surgical techniques, experiences in benign diseases, mediastinal lymph node dissections as well as more recently developed imaging techniques.
Word renown surgeons participated in the development of Robotic segmentectomy operations, contributed to this series. I hope this series of VATS journal becomes a useful source for those interested in robotic segmentectomies.
A neighbor to VATS: robotic thoracic surgery
Robot-assisted lung segmentectomies: where are we?
Segment-specific lymph node dissection and evaluation during anatomical pulmonary segmentectomy
Minimally-invasive segmentectomy for pulmonary tuberculosis: single center experience
Robotic surgical techniques for standard segmentectomies
Superiorities of robotic segmentectomy: a review
Robotic complex segmentectomies
Creation of multi-images for assistance in surgery for robotic seg-mentectomies
Outcomes of robotic segmentectomies
Disclosure:
The series “Robotic Segmentectomies” was commissioned by the edito-rial office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery without any sponsor-ship or funding. Alper Toker is serving as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.