ArticleSurgical endoscopy2023
Clinical implementation of the Versius robotic surgical system in visceral surgery-A single centre experience and review of the first 175 patients.
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- Safety and feasibility of the versius robotic surgical system for colorectal resection: proportional meta-analysis of single-arm studies.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Safety and functional outcomes of Versius surgical platform in prostate cancer radical prostatectomy: a single arm meta-analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Applicability and results of the versius surgical robotic system in colorectal surgery: a systematic review of the literature.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- New Robotic Platforms in General Surgery: What's the Current Clinical Scenario?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Current Status and Future Perspectives of Robotic Surgery for Esophagogastric Cancer in Asia.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Review
- The evolution of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: current platforms, emerging technologies, and future perspectives - a narrative review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Emerging robotic platforms in urologic surgery: a bibliometric and visualization analysis of global trends and research hotspots.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Neural Minimum-Distance Estimation for Collision-Aware Operation of Multi-Arm Laparoscopy Surgical Robots Through Learning-from-Simulation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Is There a Place for Versius (CMR) Robotic Platform in Children?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy with DEXTERSurgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Preliminary comparative outcomes of Versius Robotic System-assisted cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy for benign gall bladder disease: Retrospective single-centre, single-surgeon analysis.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2025Article
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- Implementation of a Robotic Surgical Program With the Dexter Robotic Surgery System: Initial Experiences in Cholecystectomy.World journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Initial experience with the Carina™ platform in robotic-assisted hysterectomy for gynecological malignant disease.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Total Mesorectal Excision with New Robotic Platforms: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Combination of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery: First Experience with the Dexter Robotic System™ in Visceral Surgery.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The death of laparoscopy.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Initial experience of a single surgeon for safety and feasibility of the Versius Robotic System in robot-assisted cholecystectomy and hernia repair.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Proposal of set-up standardization for general surgery procedures with the CMR Versius system, a new robotic platform: our initial experience.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Operative efficiency: a comparative analysis of Versius and da Vinci robotic systems in abdominal surgery.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundRobotic surgical systems introduce new opportunities for the minimal accessed surgeon. The combination of three-dimensional magnified vision and articulated instruments with seven degrees of freedom provide a good and safe alternative to laparoscopic surgery. Indeed some of these features may support the case that robotic surgery may be better than conventional surgery. In this study, we report our experience of robotic surgery by using the first open console, modular robotic platform in Germany, the Versius Surgical System®.
methodsWe implemented the Versius Surgical System® in April 2021 at our centre. Since then, 175 patients received robotic assisted surgery. All patients were included in this study. Data were analysed by using the SPSS (IBM Statistics) Software.
results175 patients underwent robotic surgery. We started the implementation of the system by performing cholecystectomy. After the first 50 successful operations, we began to perform robotic assisted oncological resections. We saw a learning curve with improvements in total operative time and console time until reaching a standard similar to conventional laparoscopic surgery. The perioperative complication-ratio was equivalent for operations matched the histopathological outcome (MERCURY graduation, R0-staus) at oncological resections. However, four patients had to be revised because of secondary bleeding. Interestingly the total hospital stay for right sided hemicolectomy and oesophagus-resection was shorter than in laparoscopic surgery. In our opinion, the Versius Surgical System® seems to be a good, promising system and a safe alternative to other robotic systems, although any comparison is still missing. The open design enabling a better communication between console surgeon and bedside-unit assistant as well as the mobile bedside units are very interesting and allow more flexibility. Nevertheless, there are limitations of the system that require a direct comparison with other robotic systems as well as continuous advancement.
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