ReviewHepatobiliary surgery and nutrition2017
Setting up a robotic hepatectomy program: a Western-European experience and perspective.
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- Laparoscopic versus robotic major hepatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Pooled it
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- Reaching proficiency in robotic liver surgery in two high-volume European HPB centers.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Scoping review and proposed curriculum for robotic hepatopancreatobiliary surgery training.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Robotic gastrointestinal surgery: learning curve, educational programs and outcomes.Updates in surgery · 2021Review
- Applying the Delphi process for development of a hepatopancreaticobiliary robotic surgery training curriculum.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Robotic hepatic surgery in malignancy: review of the current literature.Journal of robotic surgery · 2019Review
- Robot-assisted gallbladder-preserving hepatectomy for treating S5 hepatoblastoma in a child: A case report and review of the literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2019Article
- Laparoscopic liver resection: a review of current indications and surgical techniques.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2018Review
- Minimally invasive liver resection: has the time come to consider robotics a valid assistance?Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2018Article
- Robotic surgery: the promise and finally the progress.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2017Article
- Recent advances in the surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma.Annals of gastroenterologyReview
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Abstract
Currently the majority of liver resections are performed via open resection. Nevertheless, minimally invasive liver surgery is gaining ground and conventional laparoscopy has proven to be beneficial in different fields of liver surgery compared to open resections. Still, conventional laparoscopy has a few downsides, from which straight instruments, 2-dimensional view and awkward ergonomics are the most obvious. The robotic surgical system is developed to overcome these limitations. It offers several advantages over conventional laparoscopy to optimize conditions in minimally invasive surgery: instruments are wristed with a wide range of motion and the view is 3-dimensional and magnified. With instruments with a greater range of motion than in laparoscopic surgery, the use of a robotic system potentially broadens indications for minimally invasive liver resection. Here, we discuss the steps of setting up a robotic hepatectomy program against the background of the initial experience at our institution.
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