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01-06-2019 | Technical Note
Robotic excision of a colonic neoplasm with ICG as a tumor localizer and colonoscopic assistance
Authors:
S. Atallah, A. Oldham, A. Kondek, S. Larach
Published in:
Techniques in Coloproctology
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Issue 6/2019
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Excerpt
Laparoscopic-assisted polypectomy was introduced in the early 1990s, primarily as a method to monitor the safe endoscopic removal of neoplasia when the risk for perforation exists, or to facilitate endoscopic access by mobilizing the colon laparoscopically [
1‐
6]. Endoscopic full-thickness excision has also been described with laparoscopic assistance [
7], but such techniques have been poorly photo-documented in the published literature and have not been well-described utilizing robotic platforms. The da Vinci Robotic Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) has the advantage of improved surgeon-endoscopist cooperativity due to TilePro [
8‐
10]—a viewing system similar to picture-in-picture which allows the operator to maintain a direct video input from the colonoscopic camera. …