Robotic single-port surgery: Preliminary experience in general surgery.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We aim to analyse the safety and feasibility of the DaVinci Single Port (SP) platform in general surgery.

Authors

  • Francesco M Bianco
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood Street, Suite 435 E, Clinical Sciences Building, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
  • Nicolas H Dreifuss
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Betty Chang
    University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
  • Francisco Schlottmann
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood Street, Suite 435 E, Clinical Sciences Building, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
  • Antonio Cubisino
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood Street, Suite 435 E, Clinical Sciences Building, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. antoniocubisino@gmail.com.
  • Alberto Mangano
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Yevhen Pavelko
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive, and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, US.
  • Mario A Masrur
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Pier C Giulianotti
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive, and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, US.