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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Aug 7;108(6):1648–1655. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.049

Table 1.

Trends in Hospital Adoption of Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy

Variable 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Robotic hospitals 2 6 14 23 35 37 38
Total RATS lobectomies a 59 170 301 391 486 513
Median RATS lobectomies per hospital 4.5 (1-8) 8.5 (2-17) 3.5 (2-25) 5 (2, 18) 5 (2, 13) 7 (2, 18) 6 (2, 20)
a

Omitted because less than 11, in compliance with Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data use agreement.

Values are n or n (interquartile range).

RATS, robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.