Results of robotic liver surgery in association with IWATE criteria - the first 100 cases.

Journal: Langenbeck's archives of surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Aim of the current study was to present the results of the implementation phase of a robotic liver surgery program and to assess the validity of the IWATE difficulty score in predicting difficulty and postoperative complications in robotic liver surgery.

Authors

  • Kira C Steinkraus
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
  • Benno Traub
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
  • Patrick Heger
    Department for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 420, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Marin Zaimi
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
  • Andre L Mihaljevic
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
  • Christoph W Michalski
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
  • Marko Kornmann
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
  • Felix J Hüttner
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany. felix.huettner@uni-ulm.de.