Cutting-edge trends in da Vinci single-port robotic approaches to breast surgery: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT: The da Vinci single-port (SP) platform (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) has catalyzed a new phase of remote-access breast surgery by delivering multi-jointed, wristed instrumentation and stable 3-dimensional optics through a single trocar. This narrative review synthesizes contemporary evidence and practice patterns for SP-assisted procedures, drawing on a recent series of robotic nipple-sparing mastectomies (NSMs). Indications parallel conventional NSM with patient selection favoring small-to-moderate breasts and tumors distant from the nipple-areolar complex; formal contraindications largely mirror those of open techniques. SP kinematic features, such as cobra wrist configurations, diminish the blind spots typical of multiport approaches, and the SP system's combined multi-image display suppor

SUBMITTER: Lee JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12799352 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature