Evaluation of Surgical Devices Using an Artificial Pediatric Thoracic Model: A Comparison Between Robot-Assisted Thoracoscopic Suturing Versus Conventional Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Suturing

Abstract Background: Pediatric robot-assisted surgery is increasingly being performed, but it is difficult to perform this procedure in infants. A pediatric thoracoscopic model of a 1-year-old pati...