ReviewHepatobiliary surgery and nutrition2016
Robotic liver surgery: technical aspects and review of the literature.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.
- Robotic versus laparoscopic liver resection for difficult posterosuperior segments: a systematic review with a meta-analysis of propensity-score matched studies.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Pooled it
- Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence in robotic hepatobiliary surgery: A systematic review.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2023Pooled it
- Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic minor hepatectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Safety of robotic liver resection under antiplatelet therapy: a propensity score-matching study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robotic versus laparoscopic liver resection for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: an observational study.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2026Article
- How I Do It: The Life and Work of a Rubber Band in Robotic Liver Parenchymal Transection.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Reduced-port robotic partial hepatectomy using a simultaneous colostomy-closure site via a glove-port: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence in hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis and AI-assisted treatment support: Current landscape and future directions.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2026Review
- Short-Term Outcomes and Cost of Robotic Versus Open Distal Pancreatectomy During the Initial Phase of a Robotic Pancreatectomy Program.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2026Article
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- Surgical management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma: a narrative review of principles, technical nuances, and emerging strategies.Journal of liver cancer · 2026Review
- Redefining precision in biliary surgery: a paradigm shift from operative mastery to prognostic-driven strategy.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Evolution of Robotic-Assisted Hepatobiliary Surgery.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evaluating Laparoscopic and Robotic Liver Resection in Elderly Patients: A NSQIP Analysis of Short-Term Outcomes.Journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- A Decade of Innovation: Short-Term Outcomes of 150 Robotic Liver Resections.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Predicting the complexity of robotic liver surgery: a comparative analysis of the IWATE, Kawaguchi-Gayet, Hasegawa, Southampton, and Tampa scores.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Pencil cleaning technique for robotic liver parenchymal transection: a step further to systematization beyond the microfracture-coagulation method.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Anesthesia management for total robotic liver transplantation: Inaugural case series in Europe.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Minimally invasive surgery for liver resections has a defined role and represents an accepted alternative to open techniques for selected cases. Robotic technology can overcome some of the disadvantages of the laparoscopic technique, mainly in the most complex cases. Precise dissection and microsuturing is possible, even in narrow operative fields, allowing for a better dissection of the hepatic hilum, fine lymphadenectomy, and biliary reconstruction even with small bile ducts and easier bleeding control. This technique has the potential to allow for a greater number of major resections and difficult segmentectomies to be performed in a minimally invasive fashion. The implementation of near-infrared fluorescence with indocyanine green (ICG) also allows for a more accurate recognition of vascular and biliary anatomy. The perspectives of this kind of virtually implemented imaging are very promising and may be reflected in better outcomes. The overall data present in current literature suggests that robotic liver resections are at least comparable to both open and laparoscopic surgery in terms of perioperative and postoperative outcomes. This article provides technical details of robotic liver resections and a review of the current literature.
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