Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Feb 3, 2022
The new da Vinci single port (SP) robotic platform has great appeal for pediatric surgery. To assess its efficacy and identify potential challenges, 7 adolescents underwent SP cholecystectomy. The surgeon controls three fully wristed elbowed instru...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Jan 17, 2022
It is unknown if surgeons are more likely to adopt or abandon robotic techniques given that bariatric procedures are already performed by surgeons with advanced laparoscopic skills. We used a statewide bariatric-specific data registry to evaluate s...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Dec 28, 2021
To evaluate the impact of body mass index (BMI), preoperative risk classification, previous inguinal herniotomy, and abdominal operations on several steps of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and lymph node (LN) involvement. A total numbe...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Dec 21, 2021
The surgical treatment of horseshoe kidney (HSK) remains a huge challenge because of the complex anatomy and abnormal blood vessel distribution. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the surgical technique and outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscop...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Dec 14, 2021
To compare open and robotic approach for treatment of Primary Obstructive Megaureter (POM) in a series of pediatric patients. Medical records of all patients who had undergone ureteral reimplantation for POM at our institution, between January 2016...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Sep 17, 2021
Retroperitoneal approach and segmental renal artery clamping in partial nephrectomy are techniques that facilitate postoperative recovery and renal function preservation. This study aimed to compare the renal function preservation and perioperative ...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Aug 17, 2021
Over the last decade, a significant rise in pediatric robot-assisted minimally invasive surgeries has been observed. Apart from the urological surgeries in children, robot assistance for complex nonurological reconstructions is being explored increa...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Aug 17, 2021
For the past 20 years, robotic surgical systems have been used for the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) has been one of the most used robotic platforms. This study aims to retrospectively compa...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Jul 12, 2021
There is no one standard procedure encompassing the needs and differences of the entire pediatric population for inguinal hernia repair (IHR). Several techniques can be used, including open repair, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted laparoscopic rep...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Jul 9, 2021
Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is a novel technique that overcomes the problem of access to the deep pelvis during radical surgery for mid-rectal and lower rectal cancer. Although TaTME has several important steps, the creation of the d...