A narrative review of the current and future role of robotic surgery in liver surgery and transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is the technique of choice in selected patients for the treatment of liver tumors. The robotic approach is considered today the natural evolution of MIS. The application of the robotic technique in liver transplantation (LT) has been recently evaluated, especially in the living donation. The aim of this paper is to review the current role of the MIS and robotic donor hepatectomy in the literature and to evaluate the possible future implication in the transplant field.

Methods

We conducted a narrative review using PubMed and Google Scholar for reports published so far, using the following keywords: minimally invasive liver surgery, laparoscopic liver surgery, robotic liver surgery, robotic living donation, laparoscopic donor hepatec

SUBMITTER: Finotti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944521 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature