Single Anesthesia Strategy for Definitive Management of Bilateral Ground Glass Opacities Using Robotic Bronchoscopic Localization and Resection

Innovations (Phila). 2023 Nov-Dec;18(6):531-534. doi: 10.1177/15569845231211903. Epub 2023 Nov 24.

Abstract

This case series describes 2 patients who underwent a single anesthesia strategy for definitive management of bilateral ground-glass opacities harboring adenocarcinoma-spectrum lesions using robotic navigational localization paired with robotic thoracoscopic resection.

Keywords: ground-glass opacity; robotic bronchoscopy; robotic lung resection; single anesthesia strategy.

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma* / surgery
  • Anesthesia*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures*