Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Colombia: A Multi-Institutional Initial Experience

Buitrago and Restrepo report the largest series to date from Latin America of patients undergoing robot-assisted thoracic surgery. A total of 69 patients underwent robot-assisted procedures with 47 undergoing pulmonary resections, 18 undergoing mediastinal procedures, and 4 undergoing another type of operation. The authors report the outcomes for these procedures, which included no in-hospital mortality. They also report on the association between total operative time and the year that the surgery was performed, finding an approximately 10 minute reduction in total operative time each year.