posted on 2021-02-17, 22:41authored byJoel Dunning, Alyx Colman
This is a case of the use of the Artisential VATS Wristed Instruments
and also an automated camera holder bringing together two excellent
technologies to simulate as closely as possible a robotic lobectomy.
The
authors performed a middle lobectomy on a woman with stents who
continued clopidogrel and aspirin throughout the perioperative course.
The advantages of this method over robotic surgery is that the surgeon
is by the bedside, it takes no time to set up, it is clearly much
cheaper, and the surgeon still has haptic feedback. The surgeon is also
in charge of the camera. The disadvantage is that the instruments are
still half VATS, half robotic, so it requires some practice to master,
and in this case the authors do not have a 3D VATS camera, which would
further increase the similarity between the operations.
Disclosure
Joel Dunning receives these instruments for free from the company but does not receive monetary compensation.