Total robot-assisted recipient's surgery in living donor liver transplantation: First step towards the future.

Journal: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences
Published Date: Mar 23, 2023

Abstract

Lee and colleagues describe a groundbreaking total robot-assisted explant hepatectomy followed by robotic engraftment for a patient requiring a living donor liver transplant. This report represents a crucial step towards implementing robot-assisted liver transplantation, a cutting-edge surgical technique that could change the surgical trend in recipient surgery for liver transplantation.

Authors

  • Kwang-Woong Lee
    Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
  • YoungRok Choi
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Sola Lee
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Su Young Hong
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Sanggyun Suh
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Eui Soo Han
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Suk Kyun Hong
    Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
  • Seong Mi Yang
    Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Nam-Joon Yi
    Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
  • Kyung-Suk Suh
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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