Jennifer L. Wilson

TL;DR: Patients undergoing robotic lobectomy had more comorbidities and Robotic lobectomy operative times were longer, but quality outcome measures, including complications, hospital stay, 30-day mortality, and nodal upstaging, suggest that automated lobectomy and VATS are equivalent.

TL;DR: V VATS is the least expensive surgical approach but Robotic cases must be shorter in operative time or reduce supply costs, or both, to be competitive and decrease direct hospital costs.

TL;DR: The rate of nodal upstaging for robotic resection appears to be superior to VATS and similar to thoracotomy data when analyzed by clinical T stage, and both disease-free and overall survival were comparable to recent VATS

TL;DR: Surgical central airway stabilization by posterior mesh splinting (tracheobronchoplasty) effectively corrects malacic airways and has been shown to lead to significant improvement in symptoms, health-related quality of life, as well as functional and exercise capacity in carefully selected adults with severe diffuse TBM.

TL;DR: Self-expanding fully covered fully covered metal stents are an effective adjunct in the management of benign upper gastrointestinal tract fistulae, leaks, perforations and benign strictures.