Thoracic surgery in 2030

Introduction Thoracic surgery has evolved at an exponential pace since the first clinical lung resection in 1882.The first pneumonectomy was performed in 1895,the first lobectomy in 1901,while double lumen endotracheal intubation for pulmonary resection did not occur until 1950.The 1990s saw the development of game-changer video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries(VATS),while the 2000s gave witness to the explosive boom of robotic surgeries.As Abraham Lincoln once said,“The best way to predict the future is to create it”,in this article we discuss the current cutting-edge technologies and attempt to predict the future of thoracic surgery in 10 years’time.