Melfi Franca M A, Ambrogi Marcello C, Lucchi Marco, Mussi Alfredo
Division of Thoracic Surgery - Cardiac and Thoracic Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Jan 1;2005(628):mmcts.2004.000448. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2004.000448.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is beneficial to the patient but challenging for the surgeon. Recently, robots have been introduced into surgical procedures in an attempt to facilitate surgical performance. The da Vinci™ Robotic System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc, CA, USA) is one of these robots. It consists of a console and a surgical cart supporting three articulated robotic arms. The surgeon sits at the console where he manipulates the joystick handles while observing the operating field through binoculars that provide a three-dimensional image. Improved ergonomic conditions and instrument mobility at the level of distal articulation seem beneficial in thoracic procedures. After a period of technical development and training we used the robotic systems to treat patients with various thoracic diseases. We focused our efforts on the development of this technique in thoracic surgery particularly to perform video robotic lobectomy (VRL).
电视辅助胸腔镜手术（VATS）对患者有益，但对外科医生来说具有挑战性。最近，机器人已被引入手术过程，试图提高手术操作的便利性。达芬奇™机器人系统（直观外科公司，加利福尼亚州，美国）就是其中一种机器人。它由一个控制台和一个支撑三个关节式机械臂的手术推车组成。外科医生坐在控制台前，通过提供三维图像的双目镜观察手术区域的同时操纵操纵杆手柄。在胸腔手术中，改善的人体工程学条件和远端关节水平的器械灵活性似乎是有益的。经过一段时间的技术开发和培训后，我们使用机器人系统治疗各种胸腔疾病患者。我们致力于在胸外科领域开发这项技术，特别是进行视频机器人肺叶切除术（VRL）。
