Robot-assisted tracheal carina resection and reconstruction for adenoid cystic carcinoma: a case report
Shuai Shi, Jia Jiao, Jia Zhao, Guoqing Zhang, Xiangnan Li · 2026
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Description
Shi and co-authors reported in 2026 a robot-assisted operation on the windpipe's fork in a 48-year-old man. He had coughed persistently for six months. Scans and a bronchoscopic biopsy found adenoid cystic carcinoma, a slow-growing cancer, reaching the carina where the windpipe splits. It extended into the left main bronchus. Removing that junction and rebuilding it is among the hardest airway operations.
The team used a three-port robotic approach. A heart-lung bypass machine, ECMO, handled his oxygen so the airway could stay open for surgery. Oxygen saturation stayed stable above 95 percent throughout. His recovery afterward was uneventful. The authors argue the pairing of robotic precision with machine oxygen support makes this reconstruction safer and less invasive. They caution that wider multi-center experience must confirm the approach before it spreads.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shuai Shi, Jia Jiao, Jia Zhao, Guoqing Zhang, Xiangnan Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |