Robotic Assisted Extended Sleeve Lobectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Dec;100(6):e129-31. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.08.084.

Abstract

A 61-year-old man had experienced an irritating cough for 1 month. He received a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma by bronchoscopy. Computed tomography showed a mass in the left hilum and mediastinal lymph node enlargement. After two cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the patient underwent a robotic assisted atypical sleeve lobectomy (left lower lobe + S4+5). The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and he was discharged on the tenth postoperative day. This is the first description of the feasibility of robotic extended sleeve lobectomy for a lung cancer patient receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma / therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Robotics*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed