Nashville Lung Surgery, part of AdvancedHEALTH, Middle Tennessee's largest, independent, multi-specialty practice, recently announced the practice is continuing to build its Thoracic Robotics program and is now using the latest da Vinci Xi Robotic system at Saint Thomas West Hospital.

"This minimally-invasive technology allows us to perform complex procedures with less recovery time, pain and surgical trauma for our patients," said Nashville Lung Surgery's Mathew Ninan, MD. With the da Vinci Xi Robot, Nashville Lung Surgery is able to perform advanced thoracic robotic procedures, including: lung resections for lung cancer; mediastinal and chest wall lesion removal; foregut surgery, such as robotic laparoscopic hiatal hernia repairs and anti-reflux procedures, like the Linx magnet procedure. With continued growth of the robotics program, the practice will be performing esophagectomy with a total port access approach.