Robotic single-port multiquadrant surgery to treat renal tumors and benign abdominal conditions.

Journal: Minerva surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Multiquadrant procedures are technically more demanding than sequential operations. The new single port (SP) system allows to work in every abdominal quadrant maintaining an adequate triangulation without the need for changes in the port positioning.

Authors

  • 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.
  • Nicolas H Dreifuss
    Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Michael R Abern
    Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Carolina Baz
    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.
  • 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.