Outside the Cage Subcostal RATS Lobectomy: Technical Aspects and Results of the First Series of a Novel Approach to Pulmonary Lobectomy.

Objective: The goal of minimally invasive surgery is to reduce trauma to patients and improve their postoperative outcomes. In this context, the utilization of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) in the treatment of lung cancer has increased worldwide. The feasibility of single-incision major pulmonary resections by RATS was recently reported, with the objective of minimizing the surgical trauma of the traditional multiportal RATS approach.