Open, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, and Robotic Lobectomy: Review of a National Database Michael Kent, MD, Thomas Wang, PhD, Richard Whyte, MD, Thomas Curran, MD, Raja Flores, MD, Sidhu Gangadharan, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 236-244 (January 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.117 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Case volume for open, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and robotic pulmonary resections (2008 to 2010). Percentages indicate the proportion of cases per year performed by a given approach. (A) Open procedures; dark bars indicate open segmentectomy, and light bars indicate open lobectomy. (B) VATS procedures; dark bars indicate VATS segmentectomy, and light bars indicate VATS lobectomy and (C) robotic procedures. Dark bars indicate robotic segmentectomy, and light bars indicate robotic lobectomy. Note that data from only 5 states were available for 2010. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 236-244DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.117) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions