Robotic thoracic surgery
Overview
Robotic thoracic surgery can allow you to recover faster and have less discomfort and pain. It can also be an option for individuals who aren't candidates for traditional thoracic surgery.
Why Piedmont
Expert care
Quicker recovery
More treatment options
The prospect of undergoing thoracic surgery can be stressful and anxiety-provoking. At Piedmont, we understand your concerns and will support you and prepare you for your procedure. Our surgeons have extensive training and experience performing minimally invasive thoracic surgery using robotic-assisted techniques.
What are the benefits of robotic thoracic surgery?
Research suggests this less invasive approach to thoracic surgery can significantly improve recovery time, pain and discomfort.
For most patients, minimally invasive thoracic procedures can offer numerous benefits over open-chest surgery. With the use of robotic surgery, thymectomy and other thoracic procedures can be performed through 1- to 2-centimeter incisions, without spreading or cutting the breastbone or ribs, thereby minimizing blood loss, pain and scarring.
Conditions and treatments
Learn more about the conditions we treat using robotic thoracic surgery.
Benign esophageal disease
Benign lung disease
Esophageal cancer
Lung cancer
Lung metastasis
Mediastinal masses
Respiratory failure secondary to ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease or spinal cord injury
Learn more about the robotic thoracic surgery procedures we offer.
Esophageal myotomy
Esophagogastrectomy
Hiatal and paraesophageal hernia repair
Insertion of diaphragmatic pacing leads
Intrathoracic cyst removal
Lung lobectomy
Lung wedge resection
Mediastinal tumor resection
Thymectomy
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