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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2015

SAGES TAVAC safety and effectiveness analysis: da Vinci ® Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA).

Shawn Tsuda, Dmitry Oleynikov, Jon Gould, Dan Azagury, Bryan Sandler, Matthew Hutter, Sharona Ross, Eric Haas, Fred Brody, Richard Satava

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Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Current surgical practices of robotic-assisted tissue repair and reconstruction.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2019
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  18. Comparing the accuracy of the da Vinci Xi and da Vinci Si for image guidance and automation.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Shawn TsudaDepartment of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1701 W. Charleston Blvd. Suite 400, Las Vegas, NV, 89102, USA. stsuda@medicine.nevada.edu.
Dmitry OleynikovDepartment of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Jon GouldDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Dan AzaguryDepartment of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Bryan SandlerDepartment of Surgery, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Matthew HutterDepartment of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sharona RossDepartment of Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA.
Eric HaasDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Fred BrodyDepartment of Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Richard SatavaDepartment of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe da Vinci(®) Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) is a computer-assisted (robotic) surgical system designed to enable and enhance minimally invasive surgery. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared computer-assisted surgical systems for use by trained physicians in an operating room environment for laparoscopic surgical procedures in general, cardiac, colorectal, gynecologic, head and neck, thoracic and urologic surgical procedures. There are substantial numbers of peer-reviewed papers regarding the da Vinci(®) Surgical System, and a thoughtful assessment of evidence framed by clinical opinion is warranted.

methodsThe SAGES da Vinci(®) TAVAC sub-committee performed a literature review of the da Vinci(®) Surgical System regarding gastrointestinal surgery. Conclusions by the sub-committee were vetted by the SAGES TAVAC Committee and SAGES Executive Board. Following revisions, the document was evaluated by the TAVAC Committee and Executive Board again for final approval.

resultsSeveral conclusions were drawn based on expert opinion organized by safety, efficacy, and cost for robotic foregut, bariatric, hepatobiliary/pancreatic, colorectal surgery, and single-incision cholecystectomy.

conclusionsGastrointestinal surgery with the da Vinci(®) Surgical System is safe and comparable, but not superior to standard laparoscopic approaches. Although clinically acceptable, its use may be costly for select gastrointestinal procedures. Current data are limited to the da Vinci(®) Surgical System; further analyses are needed.

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Clinical Trials as TopicCost-Benefit AnalysisDigestive System Surgical ProceduresHumansLaparoscopyPatient SafetyRobotic Surgical ProceduresAbdominal surgeryCostDa Vinci® Surgical SystemEffectivenessGastrointestinal surgerySafety

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