Pain, Quality of Life, and Clinical Outcomes After Robotic Lobectomy

Lacroix and colleagues evaluated pulmonary function, pain, and quality of life in patients who underwent robotic thoracic surgery, predominantly for non-small cell lung cancer. The authors observed no difference between preoperative and 7-month postoperative pulmonary function. Although the majority of patients reported some level of pain at the surgical site, pain was not neuropathic-like and only weakly interfered with daily activities.