Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) and uniportal VATS are both surgical methods that represent minimally invasive surgery and have many benefits in the thoracic surgery field, but the former still has limited implementation facilities and high cost issues, the latter of which can be introduced in facilities that have VATS in place, but it is said that it will take time to acquire the technic. In this special feature, we asked five experts in each field to discuss these two minimally invasive surgeries based on their present and future prospects. In any case, we have no doubt that we now have useful minimally invasive surgery option. It would be greatly appreciated if we could contribute even a little to the development of minimally invasive surgery in the future.

Disclosure:
The series “Robotic VS Uniportal VATS” was commissioned by the editorial office, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Kazuo Yoshida is serving as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.