A recent study highlights significant differences in operative durations between robotic-assisted and video-assisted lung lobectomies. Conducted across 21 hospitals in Northern California, this retrospective cohort study analyzed data from patients who underwent either a robotic-assisted or video-assisted version of the procedure from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022.
Nareg H. Roubinian, MD, MPHTM, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson of Medicine (KPSOM) Professor of Clinical Science, and Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD, KPSOM Clinical Professor of Clinical Science, coauthored the article, “Video-Assisted vs Robotic-Assisted Lung Lobectomies for Operating Room Resource Utilization and Patient Outcomes,” published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings revealed that robotic-assisted procedures took almost 21 minutes longer than video-assisted lobectomies. Despite the increased operative time, there were no major differences in secondary patient outcomes, such as length of hospital stay, 30-day readmission rates, or 90-day mortality.
