๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ โ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (NYU, 2024)
๐ค๐น๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
In October 2024, NYU Langone surgeons performed the worldโs first fully robotic double lung transplant using small incisions between the ribs instead of a traditional open approach. (NYU Langone, 2024)
๐ช ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Double lung transplantation is among the most technically demanding operations in cardiothoracic surgery. On October 22, 2024, NYU Langoneโs team completed the entire double-lung transplant with a Da Vinci Xi robotic system, aiming to reduce surgical trauma and postoperative pain through minimally invasive access. (NYU Langone, 2024)
๐ค ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ โ๐
๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐โ?
NYU Langone reports the robot was used at each stage: removing the diseased lungs, preparing the surgical site, and implanting both donor lungs through small intercostal incisions (between the ribs). (NYU Langone, 2024)
๐งโโ๏ธ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ & ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
The procedure was led by Dr. Stephanie H. Chang, Surgical Director of NYU Langoneโs Lung Transplant Program. The recipient was a 57-year-old woman with COPD, and the operation took place four days after she was added to the lung transplant list (NYU Langone, 2024)
๐งญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ: ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ
Robotic surgery has steadily moved from niche applications toward high-complexity fields as technology and training evolved. This โfully roboticโ double lung transplant represents a new frontier for minimally invasive techniques in transplantation. (Lanfranco et al., Ann Surg, 2004).
๐ ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ (๐๐๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ)
While such procedures currently happen in highly resourced centers, the direction of travel matters: techniques that reduce morbidity and improve recovery can ultimately influence standards, training pathways, and scalability. In global surgery, the need is urgent. An estimated approximately 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgical and anesthesia care when needed, disproportionately affecting LMICs (Meara et al., Lancet, 2015).
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง / ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
If robotics can make even the most complex transplants less invasive, the next question is bigger than technology:
How do we ensure these breakthroughs translate into wider access, not wider inequity? (Meara et al., Lancet, 2015)
Thatโs where The Operating Room Global (TORG) matters, connecting operating room professionals worldwide to share knowledge and build collaboration that moves innovation toward equity.
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
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