ROBOTIC VERSES LAPAROSCOPIC DISTAL GASTRECTOMY WITH D2 LYMPHADENECTOMY IN OVERWEIGHT GASTRIC CANCER PATIENTS: SURGICAL OUTCOMES AND LEARNING CURVE COMPARISON
Lin Chen, Yunhe Gao, Jiyang Li, Jianxin Cui, Tianyu Xie, Hongqing Xi, Wenquan Liang, Kecheng Zhang, Bo Wei, Zhi Qiao. Chinese People's Liberation Army General HospitalINTRODUCTION: Minimal invasive surgery has now been rapidly applied in early and advanced gastric cancer (GC), even in overweight GC patients that are technically challenging. However, the role of robotic… Continue Reading
ROBOTIC-ASSISTED TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE INCLUDING PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY AND SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES
Jessica Gonzalez Hernandez, MD1, Purvi Prajapati, BS2, Gerald Ogola, PhD2, Ryan D Burkart, MD3, Lam D Le, MD3. 1UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, 3Baylor University Medical CenterIntroduction: The aim of this study was to report the perioperative morbidity and short-term outcomes of a case series of robotic-assisted laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal… Continue Reading
IDENTIFYING CURRICULUM GAP IN FUNDAMENTALS OF ROBOTIC SURGERY AND FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF ROBOTIC SURGERY: HANDLING ADVERSE EVENTS
Gunnar Nelson, Nathan Lau, PhD. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityIntroduction: The Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) and Fundamentals Skills of Robotic Surgery (FSRS) are universal curriculums covering a range of topics to assure a high level of surgical skills for optimal patient outcomes. This assurance of skills should include management and response to adverse… Continue Reading
LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY UTILIZING THE NEW SENHANCE ROBOTIC SYSTEM – PROOF OF SAFETY AND FEASABILITY
Robin Schmitz, MD1, Justin Barr, MD, PhD1, Nathaniel Melling, MD2, Daniel Perez, MD2, Sabino Zani, MD1. 1Duke University, 2University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, GermanyIntroduction: This retrospective study was performed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of the new Senhance robotic system (Transenterix) for laparoscopic cholecystectomies. We report the first single-institutional experience utilizing this new robotic platform.… Continue Reading
Robotic-assisted pyloroplasty for refractory gastroparesis
Dennis Van Dorp, MD, Bruce Ramshaw, MD, Sarah Campbell, PAC, Matt Mancini, MD. University of TennesseeIntroduction: Gastroparesis is a chronic gastric motility disorder that is difficult to treat and results in a poor quality of life for affected patients. Treatment options are typically focused on medical therapy, and primarily involve pro-motility agents. Surgical options include… Continue Reading
INJURY TO THE SURGEON IN ROBOTIC SURGERY
Brett T Starr, MD, Danielle S Walsh, MD, FACS, FAAP. East Carolina University Brody School of MedicineBackground: The ergonomic benefits or robotic surgery for the health of the surgeon are widely touted as benefits of this technique, though concern remains over a perception of increased risk of injury to patients, particularly in the novice robotic… Continue Reading
ROBTIC APPROACH TO NON-MIDLINE ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS: A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE FROM A HIGH VOLUME CENTER
Emily Benzer, DO, J. Stephen Scott, MD, FACS. University of MissouriIntroduction: The objective of our study was to evaluate our experience with robotically repaired non-midline abdominal wall hernias at a high-volume robotic surgery program. We also will discuss the technical advantages of the use of robotic technology in repair of these unusual hernias which have… Continue Reading
Open versus Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Is There a Superior Approach?
Kristin McCoy, MD, William Symons, MD, James Clarke, MD, Marissa Novack, MD, Meaghan Broderick, MD. Stamford HospitalThe inguinal hernia repair has seen several critical improvements in recent times due to the implementation of new techniques, including laparoscopic repair, as well as robotic repair. With over 600,000 inguinal hernia repairs performed annually, it is important to… Continue Reading
A Contemporary Analysis of Outcomes And Cost Data In Laparoscopic and Robotic-Assisted Approaches Of Major Lung and Esophageal Surgery
Jacob A Petrosky, MD, Ellen D Vogels, DO, Jai Prasad, MD, David M Parker, MD, Marcus Fluck, James T Dove, Matthew A Facktor, MD, Jon D Gabrielsen, MD, Anthony T Petrick, MD. Geisinger Medical CenterIntroduction: A New England Journal Of Medicine Analysis of 900,000 Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) procedures showed this approach increased costs by approximately… Continue Reading
The short-term outcomes of the robotic surgery for rectal cancer
Chu Matsuda1, Norikatsu Miyoshi1, Hidekazu Takahashi1, Naotsugu Haraguchi1, Taishi Hata1, Tsunekazu Mizushima1, Hirofumi Yamamoto1, Kazumasa Fujitani2, Kazuhiro Iwase2, Yuichiro Doki1, Masaki Mori1. 1Osaka Univ. Dept. of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2Osaka General Medical CenterIntroduction: Robotic surgery remains a novel technique in the field of colorectal surgery in Japan. Several small series have examined its safety and feasibility… Continue Reading
Stray Energy in the Robotic System – Minimal and Without Clinical Impact
Douglas M Overbey, MD, MPH, Heather Carmichael, MD, Edward L Jones, Brandon Chapman, Luke Selby, Carlton Barnett, John T Moore, Thomas Robinson. University of ColoradoObjective: Stray energy transfer from surgical energy-based devices is a recognized mechanism for complications during laparoscopic operations. With the increasing use of the surgical robot for laparoscopic operations, characterizing stray energy… Continue Reading
Robot assistance can improve the performance of laparoscopic extensive concomitant adhesiolysis: results from a large observational study.
Federico Gheza, MD, Alberto Mangano, MD, Mario A Masrur, MD, Pier C Giulianotti, MD, FACS. UICIntroduction: in the huge and exponentially increasing amount of laparoscopic and robotic publications in general surgery, role of adhesiolysis (AL) is underestimated: even if considered as conversion reason in some series, most of them are not included in the outcomes… Continue Reading
ROBOTIC VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC COLECTOMY: A CASE MATCHED STUDY
Anderson Lee, BS, Arman Alizadeh, BS, Jason Cohen, MD, Joshua D Ellenhorn, MD, Yosef Nasseri, MD. The Surgery Group of Los AngelesIntroduction: Colorectal surgery has recently had the steepest rise in rate of adoption of the robotic approach. However, there is still no consensus on its merit compared with laparoscopic colectomies. We compared our short term outcomes… Continue Reading
Robotic-Like Suturing without a Robotic Surgical System
Kent C Bowden, DO, FACOS. Munson Healthcare CadillacBackground: Although the high cost and steep learning curve of implementing a Robotic Surgical program are well established, the adoption rate of robotic surgical systems in general surgery continues to grow, with suture-intensive procedures driving this adoption. The core enabling technologies of the daVinci “robotic” System are the… Continue Reading
Financial Impact of Robotic Assisted Bariatric Surgery versus Conventional Laparoscopy
Chetna Bakshi, MD1, Andrew Godwin2, Seungjun Ahn3, Kevin Hutchings4, Julio Teixeira4. 1General Surgery at Northwell Health, 2MIS Fellow at Lenox Hill Hospital, 3Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, 4Lenox Hill HospitalBackground: Use of the Da Vinci robot system is increasing in the field of bariatric surgery. Questions that remain unanswered are the clinical impact on outcomes,… Continue Reading