ROBOTIC PANCREAS-SPARING TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS: THREE CASE REPORTS AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Alessandra Marano, Giorgio Giraudo, Stefano Giaccardi, Desiree Cianflocca, Diego Sasia, Felice Borghi. Santa Croce e Carle HospitalINTRODUCTION: Pancreas-sparing resections would be the ideal procedure in case of small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (p-NETs) reducing the risk of exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. Compared to standard resection, this type of surgery is safe and feasible without increasing the… 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
ROBOTIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR IS SUPERIOR TO OPEN OR LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A NATIONAL DATA BASE REVIEW.
Dietric L Hennings, MD, Priscila R Armijo, MD, Dmitry Oleynikov, MD. University of Nebraska Medical CenterIntroduction: Many publications have focused on single surgeon or single center data comparing the three different approaches to inguinal hernia repair. The aim of this study is to evaluate patient outcomes including complications, length of stay (LOS) and pain medication… Continue Reading
Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair – A Review of Current Literature
Kevin Bain, DO, Vickie Kassapidis, Vadim Meytes, DO, George Ferzli, MD. NYU Langone Hospital - BrooklynBackground: Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common general surgery procedures with over 600,000 performed annually in the United States. When compared to traditional open inguinal hernia repair (OIHR), laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) has been associated with… Continue Reading
Robotic Hernia Repair – A Comparative Analysis With Its Laparoscopic Counterpart. A Single Surgeon’s Experience.
Kevin Bain, DO, Erika King, Vadim Meytes, DO, Sharique Nazir, MD. NYU Langone Hospital - BrooklynBackground: The foundation of innovation in surgery is driven by the inherent desire to yield an increasingly efficient surgical approached with decreased morbidity and mortality. The advancements of laparoscopy have made a tremendous impact in hernia surgery, and it has… Continue Reading
Robotic General Surgery Service Impact on Resident Operative Times
Cole Rodman, MS, Jennifer Schwartz, MD, David Renton, MD, FACS, Michael Meara, MD, MBA, FACS. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterIntroduction: The proportion of robotic minimally invasive procedures that are being performed annually is growing rapidly, specifically in the field of general surgery. A robotic approach to minimally invasive procedures potentially confers a number… Continue Reading
ROBOTIC EXCISION OF RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHANGIOMA
Jonathan M Stem, MD, Guillaume S Chevrollier, MD, Michael J Pucci, MD, Caitlyn M Costanzo, MD, Francesco Palazzo, MD. Thomas Jefferson University HospitalIntroduction: Lymphangiomas are rare cystic mesodermal tumors derived from lymphatic vessels that may present in various areas of the body. Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas are extremely rare, accounting for only 1% of these lesions with… Continue Reading
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Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy with Spleen Preservation
Deniz Atasoy, Afag Aghayeva, Turgut Bora Cengiz, Ipek Sapci, Onur Bayraktar, Ismail Hamzaoglu, Tayfun Karahasanoglu, Bilgi Baca. Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, IstanbulIntroduction: The robotic system revolutionized the minimally invasive surgery. In terms of distal pancreatic surgery, it depicted a less conversion rate to open and a better… Continue Reading
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Robotic Complete Mesocolic Excision and Paraaortic Lymph Node Dissection for Cecal Cancer and Paraganglioma
Sung Uk Bae, Woon Kyung Jeong, Seong Kyu Bae. Keimyung University and Dongsan Medical CenterPurpose: We present a video presentation of robotic complete mesocolic excision and paraaortic lymph node dissection for ascending colon cancer and paraganglioma. Methods: A 79-year-old man was referred to our department for treatment of a cecal cancer. Colonoscopy revealed a 6-cm,… Continue Reading
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ROBOTIC COMPARED TO LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: A PROPENSITY MATCHED ANALYSIS
Eric J Charles, MD, J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, MSc, William J Kane, MD, Robert B Hawkins, MD, MSc, Carlos A Tache-Leon, MD, Zequan Yang, MD. University Of VirginiaIntroduction: As robotic surgery becomes more ubiquitous, determining clinical benefit is necessary in order to justify the cost and time investment required to become proficient. The objective of… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Robotic common bile duct exploration in a patient with gastric bypass surgery
Rana N Ahmad, MD. Columbia Surgical SpecialistsRobotic assisted common bile duct exploration in a patient with previous roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery 11 years ago for wight reduction and laparoscopic cholecystectomy 4 months ago for cholecystitis. Now presenting with obstructive jaundice and CBD stones.Presented at the SAGES 2017 Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.Abstract ID: 88625Program Number: V242Presentation… Continue Reading
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ROBOTIC COLORECTAL SURGERY IS GOING TOWARDS CENTRALIZATION: A NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS
Eren Esen, MD, Erman Aytac, MD, Ilknur Erenler Bayraktar, MD, Bilgi Baca, MD, Ismail Hamzaoglu, MD, Tayfun Karahasanoglu, MD. Department of General Surgery, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of MedicineIntroduction: Robotic techniques have been developed to facilitate application of minimally invasive techniques and to overcome limitations of laparoscopy. While robotic surgery has been performed… 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
ROBOTIC-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC RESECTION OF A POSTERIOR MEDIASTINAL GANGLIONEUROMA
Donald Moe, MD, Mark Hardin, MD, Charles Childers, MD, Mary Gelnett, MD, Daniel Cuadrado, MD. Madigan Army Medical CenterNeurogenic tumors account for the majority of posterior mediastinal masses. Some of these tumors are ganglioneuromas; which are rare, slow growing and generally benign tumors arising from sympathetic ganglion cells. They can occur wherever sympathetic nervous tissue… Continue Reading
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Robotic-assisted repair of iatrogenic common bile duct transection
Luis Fernando Gonzalez Ciccarelli, Jason Zimmermann, Mario Masrur, Roberto Bustos, Francesco Bianco, Pier Giulianotti. University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences SystemBackground: Iatrogenic bile duct injuries are a major concern in open and laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Inappropriate exposure, surgeon inexperience, variable biliary anatomy, aggressive attempts to perform hemostasis and inflammation of the porta are the most… Continue Reading
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