Thinking Outside the Box—and the Thoracic Cage: The Rise of Subcostal Single‐Port Robotic Lung Surgery
Shah‐Hwa Chou, Yu‐Wei Liu · 2026
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Description
Shah-Hwa Chou and Yu-Wei Liu wrote a 2026 commentary on a new route for robotic lung surgery. Lung surgery has moved from big open cuts to camera surgery and then to robots, each step cutting trauma. Standard robotic work still needs four or five cuts between the ribs, which can injure nerves and leave lasting pain. Single-cut camera surgery avoided that but lost the robot's 3D view and wrist-like tools.
A single-port robot now enters below the ribs instead, through the subcostal route. Early pilot studies show major lung removal is feasible this way. The commentary discusses a pilot study in the same journal issue comparing early results. Bypassing the rib space could redefine pain control after chest surgery.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shah‐Hwa Chou, Yu‐Wei Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |