First series of minimally invasive, robot-assisted tracheobronchoplasty with mesh for severe tracheobronchomalacia. 2019

Richard Lazzaro, and Byron Patton, and Paul Lee, and Jason Karp, and Efstathia Mihelis, and Sohrab Vatsia, and Samuel Jacob Scheinerman
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY. Electronic address: rlazzaro@northwelll.edu.

Tracheobronchomalacia is a progressive, debilitating disease with limited treatment options. Open tracheobronchoplasty (TBP) is an accepted surgical option for management of severe tracheobronchomalacia. This study examined the outcomes of the first reported series of robot-assisted TBP (R-TBP). We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients with clinical suspicion for tracheobronchomalacia who had dynamic computed tomography scan and subsequent R-TBP from May 2016 to December 2017. Four hundred thirty-five patients underwent dynamic computed tomography scan for suspicion of tracheobronchomalacia. Of this group, 42 patients underwent R-TBP. In the surgery group, the median age was 66 years (interquartile range, 39-72 years) and there were 30 women (71%). Respiratory comorbidities included asthma (88%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (52%). The median operative time was 249 minutes (interquartile range, 266-277 minutes). Median hospital length of stay was 3 days (interquartile range, 2-4.75 days), and there were 19 postoperative complications (11 minor and 8 major). There were no mortalities at 90 days. Comparison of preoperative and postoperative pulmonary function testing demonstrated improvement in forced expiratory volume at 1 second by 13.5% (P = .01), forced vital capacity by 14.5% (P < .0001), and peak expiratory flow rate by 21.0% (P < .0001). Quality of life questionnaires also showed improvement with 82% reporting overall satisfaction with the procedure. R-TBP can be performed with low morbidity and mortality. Early follow-up reveals significant improvement in pulmonary function testing and high patient satisfaction when compared with preoperative baseline. Long-term follow-up is needed to demonstrate the durability of R-TBP and substantiate its role in the management of patients with symptomatic, severe tracheobronchomalacia.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007902 Length of Stay The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility. Hospital Stay,Hospital Stays,Stay Length,Stay Lengths,Stay, Hospital,Stays, Hospital
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011788 Quality of Life A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease. HRQOL,Health-Related Quality Of Life,Life Quality,Health Related Quality Of Life
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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