The first experiences of robotic single-site cholecystectomy in Asia: a potential way to expand minimally-invasive single-site surgery?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Herein, we firstly present the robotic single-site cholecystectomy (RSSC) as performed in Asia and evaluate whether it could overcome the limitations of conventional laparoscopic single-site cholecystectomy.

Materials and methods

From October 2013 to November 2013, RSSC for benign gallbladder (GB) disease was firstly performed consecutively in five patients. We evaluated these early experiences of RSSC and compared factors including clinicopathologic factors and operative outcomes with our initial cases of single-fulcrum laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SFLC).

Results

Four female patients and one male patient underwent RSSC. Neither open conversion nor bile duct injury or bile spillage was noted during surgery. In comparisons with SFLC, patient-related factors in

SUBMITTER: Lee SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276755 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature