ArticleWorld journal of surgery2016
Robotic Liver Resection: A Case-Matched Comparison.
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- Indocyanine green fluorescence navigation in robotic liver segmentectomies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- A comparative meta-analysis and systematic review of robot-assisted versus laparoscopic hemihepatectomy.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis between robotic hepatectomy and conventional open hepatectomy.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Short-Term Outcomes After Robotic Versus Open Liver Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2023Pooled it
- State of the art in robotic liver surgery: a meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Economic analysis of open versus laparoscopic versus robotic hepatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2021Pooled it
- Laparoscopic versus robotic major hepatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison between robotic and open liver resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes.Updates in surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Scientific growth and research impact in robotic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: evidence from almost 1,000 publications and top- 100 most cited literature.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Robotic hepatectomy across IWATE difficulty levels: a single-center experience of the first 100 cases.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Comparison of perioperative outcomes between robotic-assisted and open resection for hepatic caudate lobe hemangioma: a single-center retrospective study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robotic emergency general surgery, future or fallacy?: case-matched comparison of operative and clinical outcomes during the adoption phase in a tertiary centre.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Exploring the feasibility of robotic liver resection in a limited resource setting.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
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- Preoperative planning and intraoperative real-time navigation with indocyanine green fluorescence in robotic liver surgery.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- Detection of Colorectal Liver Metastases Using Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging During Hepatectomy: Prospective Single Centre UK Study.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2023Article
- Robotic major and minor hepatectomy: critical appraisal of learning curve and its impact on outcomes.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Total robotic right hepatectomy for multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma using vessel sealer.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2023Article
- A narrative review of the current and future role of robotic surgery in liver surgery and transplantation.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2023Review
- Based on the IWATE criteria: to investigate the influence of different surgical approaches on the perioperative outcomes of hepatectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn recent years, increasingly sophisticated tools have allowed for more complex robotic surgery. Robotic hepatectomy, however, is still in its infancy. Our goals were to examine the adoption of robotic hepatectomy and to compare outcomes between open and robotic liver resections.
methodsThe robotic hepatectomy experience of 64 patients was compared to a modern case-matched series of 64 open hepatectomy patients at the same center. Matching was according to benign/malignant diagnosis and number of segments resected. Patient data were obtained retrospectively. The main outcomes and measures were operative time, estimated blood loss, conversion rate (robotic to open), Pringle maneuver use, single non-anatomic wedge resection rate, resection margin size, complication rates (infectious, hepatic, pulmonary, cardiac), hospital stay length, ICU stay length, readmission rate, and 90-day mortality rate.
resultsSixty-four robotic hepatectomies were performed in 2010-2014. Forty-one percent were segmental and 34 % were wedge resections. There was a 6 % conversion rate, a 3 % 90-day mortality rate, and an 11 % morbidity rate. Compared to 64 matched patients who underwent open hepatectomy (2004-2012), there was a shorter median OR time (p = 0.02), lower median estimated blood loss (p < 0.001), and shorter median hospital stay (p < 0.001). Eleven of the robotic cases were isolated resections of tumors in segments 2, 7, and 8.
conclusionsRobotic hepatectomy is safe and effective. Increasing experience in more centers will allow definition of which hepatectomies can be performed robotically, and will enable optimization of outcomes and prospective examination of the economic cost of each approach.
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