Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopic Microwave Ablation for Primary and Metastatic Pulmonary Nodules: Retrospective Case Series
Liqin Xu, Russell Miller, Mitchell Zhao, Grace Lin, Wenduo Gu, Niral Patel, Keriann Van Nostrand, Jorge A Munoz Pineda, Bryce Duchman, Brian Tran, George Cheng, Byeong-Ho Jeong · 2025
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Description
Liqin Xu and co-authors report early results for a robotic method of burning away lung nodules, in a 2025 paper. The method guides a thin scope through the airways with shape sensing, then applies microwave heat to the spot. It suits patients who cannot have surgery or radiation. The team reviewed cases treated at one center over about a year, for both first lung cancers and cancers spread from elsewhere.
Nine patients with eleven nodules were treated, and every procedure reached its target. Sessions took about ten minutes per nodule. One patient developed pneumonia needing hospital care, but there were no collapsed lungs, major bleeding, or airway injury. Treated spots first swelled, then shrank or held steady. Scans showed the first cancers quieting, and one patient later had surgery that found no living cancer. The authors call the method feasible and safe, with larger studies still needed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Liqin Xu, Russell Miller, Mitchell Zhao, Grace Lin, Wenduo Gu, Niral Patel, Keriann Van Nostrand, Jorge A Munoz Pineda, Bryce Duchman, Brian Tran, George Cheng, Byeong-Ho Jeong |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |