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Table 1 Previously reported cases of intraoperative complications during video- and robot-assisted pulmonary resection

From: Stapling of an endobronchial suction tube with the bronchus during robot-assisted right lower lobectomy: a case report

Author (year)

Type of surgery

Evaluation period

Institution

Number of patients

Intraoperative major complication*

Bronchial injury

Flores (2011) [9]

VATS

2002–2010

Single

633

12 (2%)

1 (0.2%)

Decaluwe (2015) [10]

VATS

NA

Multi

3076

46 (1.5%)

3 (0.1%)

Cao (2019) [11]

RATS

2002–2018

Single

1264

35 (1.9%)

4 (0.3%)

Ueno (2020) [12]

RATS

2017–2019

Single

196

8 (4.2%)

3 (1.5%)

  1. VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery, RATS robot-assisted thoracic surgery, NA not available
  2. *Intraoperative major complications are defined as events that resulted in an additional unplanned major surgical procedure other than the planned lobectomy