Team-based recovery from unexpected events beyond bleeding control in robot-assisted thoracic surgery.

Authors

Go Kamimura, Masaya Aoki, Takuya Tokunaga, Aya Takeda, Koki Maeda, Kazuhiro Ueda

Published in

General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Jul 17, 2026. Epub Jul 17, 2026.

Abstract

Robot-assisted thoracic surgery provides precise instrument control, but unexpected events may occur beyond bleeding control. We describe a practical recovery protocol for non-bleeding events during RATS. Representative events included visual loss, interface plate damage, unexpected vessel sealer motion, robotic arm excursion, and stapler-arm interference. Key steps were Stop Call, patient-side safety confirmation, verbal sharing, reassessment, conversion when safe recovery is not possible, and team agreement before restart.

PMID:
42467303
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 17 Jul 2026.

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