Robotic single port cholecystectomy: current data and future perspectives.

Journal: Minerva chirurgica
PMID: 27981823

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Minimally invasive techniques are used more and more frequently. Since conventional laparoscopic approach has been the gold standard, surgeons in their effort to further reduce the invasiveness of conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy have adopted Single Incision approach. The widespread adoption of robotics has led to the inevitable hybridization of robotic technology with laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS). As a result, employment of the da Vinci surgical system may allow greater surgical maneuverability, improving ergonomics.

Authors

  • Anastasios Angelou
    First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece - aangelou@med.uoa.gr.
  • Athanasios Skarmoutsos
    First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Georgios A Margonis
    First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Demetrios Moris
    First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Christos Tsigris
    First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Emmanouil Pikoulis
    First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece.

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