Robot-assisted abdominal surgery in children less than 5 months of age: retrospective cohort study.

Journal: International journal of surgery (London, England)
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted surgery is increasingly used in children. While robot-assisted surgery in children has been proved to be safe and feasible, use in infants is controversial. The purpose of this study was to present a study of robot-assisted abdominal surgery in children less than5 months of age.

Authors

  • Yi Jin
    College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing, China; Center for Computational Biology, Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing, China.
  • Duote Cai
    Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
  • Shuhao Zhang
    Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
  • Wenjuan Luo
    Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Centre for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
  • Yuebin Zhang
    Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
  • Zongwei Huang
    Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
  • Qingjiang Chen
    Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Centre for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
  • Zhigang Gao
    Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.