Application of robotic surgical system in the treatment of liver neoplasms：Current status and limitations
WANG Xiao-ying
Abstract：Robotic platforms has overcome many of the limitations of conventional laparoscopic surgery. The indications for robotic liver surgery include all the indications for laparoscopic liver surgery and comprise both benign lesions and malignancies. The current literatures and data demonstrate that robotic liver surgery is a feasible and safe option. In properly selected patients, robotic approach associated with less invasion and fast recovery compared to open approach. Both robotic and laparoscopic approaches are similar in perioperative outcomes and long-term oncologic outcomes. Robotic approach may increase percentage of major hepatectomies in a purely minimally invasive fashion, facilitate the resection of superior and posterior liver tumors, and provide better precision in intracorporeal biliary and vascular reconstruction. However, robotic approach has significantly longer operative time and higher cost. Since the case number of available study was probably too small to allow firm conclusions,large randomized studies are needed to compare robotic liver surgery with conventional laparoscopy and open surgery.
Keywords：robotic surgical systemliver neoplasmliver resection
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1155-1158 )