Tubeless technique with artificial intelligence empowerment: advancing from “enhanced recovery” toward “immediate recovery” in surgery

Man Zhang; Wenxi Wang; Hui Liu; Guilin Peng; Chao Yang; Jiang Shi; Runchen Wang; Xiaoyou Liu; Xin Xu; Shuben Li; Shaobo Xie; Wenjun Wang; Meiren Liang; Jean Paul Thiery; Nanshan Zhong; Jianxing He

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Artificial Intelligence Surgery ›› 2026, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (3) :365 -73. DOI: 10.20517/ais.2026.43

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Tubeless technique with artificial intelligence empowerment: advancing from “enhanced recovery” toward “immediate recovery” in surgery

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¹Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China.

²Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China.

³Department of Organ Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China.

⁴Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China.

⁵Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China.

⁶NABI, CNRS, INSERM, Paris 75006, France.

⁷State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China.

^#These authors contributed equally to this work.

Correspondence to: Prof. Jean Paul Thiery, NABI, CNRS, INSERM, Paris 75006, France. E-mail: tjp@visitor.nus.edu.sg; Prof. Nanshan Zhong, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China. E-mail: nanshan@vip.163.com; Prof. Jianxing He, Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China. E-mail: jianxinghe@gzhmu.edu.cn

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Man Zhang, Wenxi Wang, Hui Liu, Guilin Peng, Chao Yang, Jiang Shi, Runchen Wang, Xiaoyou Liu, Xin Xu, Shuben Li, Shaobo Xie, Wenjun Wang, Meiren Liang, Jean Paul Thiery, Nanshan Zhong, Jianxing He. Tubeless technique with artificial intelligence empowerment: advancing from “enhanced recovery” toward “immediate recovery” in surgery. Artificial Intelligence Surgery, 2026, 6 (3) : 365-73 DOI:10.20517/ais.2026.43

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