Authors' objectives: HTW assessed the effectiveness of robot-assisted thoracic surgery for lung resection or anterior mediastinal mass excision and compared outcome measures with conventional treatment using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or open surgery. This is an updated version of an appraisal. HTW originally published Guidance on this topic in September 2019.
Lung cancer; Lung resection; Anterior mediastinal mass excision; Robot-assisted surgery
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