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Updates in Surgery

Issue 3/2021

Special Issue on Robotic Surgery

Content (45 Articles)

Foreword

Foreword

Fulvio Calise, Francesco Basile

Editorial

Twenty years of robotic surgery: a challenge for human limits

Ugo Boggi, Fabio Vistoli, Gabriella Amorese

Pancreatectomy Review Article

Robotic gastrointestinal surgery: learning curve, educational programs and outcomes

Charles C. Vining, Kinga B. Skowron, Melissa E. Hogg

Open Access Minimally Invasive Surgery Consensus Conference

How to report educational videos in robotic surgery: an international multidisciplinary consensus statement

Valerio Celentano, Neil Smart, John McGrath, Ronan A. Cahill, Antonino Spinelli, Ben Challacombe, Igor Belyansky, Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Venkatesh Munikrishnan, Gianluca Pellino, Jamil Ahmed, Filip Muysoms, Avanish Saklani, Jim Khan, Daniel Popowich, Conrad Ballecer, Mark G. Coleman

Laparoscopy Review Article

State of the art in esophagectomy: robotic assistance in the abdominal phase

Eline M. de Groot, Lucas Goense, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg

Esophageal Cancer Review Article

Robotic-assisted Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, a review of the technique

Konstantinos Chouliaras, Steven Hochwald, Moshim Kukar

Esophageal Cancer Original Article

Robotic esophagectomy: results from a tertiary care Italian center

Francesco Guerra, Elena Gia, Alessio Minuzzo, Angela Tribuzi, Michele Di Marino, Andrea Coratti

Open Access Esophagus Resection Review Article

RAMIE: tradition drives innovation—feasibility of a robotic-assisted intra-thoracic anastomosis

Simone Giacopuzzi, Jacopo Weindelmayer, Giovanni de Manzoni

Open Access Gastrectomy Original Article

Robotic-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer: single Western center results

Luigi Marano, Alessia D’Ignazio, Luca Resca, Daniele Marrelli, Franco Roviello

Open Access Pancreatoduodenostomy Review Article

State of the art of robotic pancreatoduodenectomy

Niccolò Napoli, Emanuele F. Kauffmann, Fabio Vistoli, Gabriella Amorese, Ugo Boggi

Pancreatectomy Review Article

State of the art robotic distal pancreatectomy: a review of the literature

Amr I. Al Abbas, Herbert J. Zeh III, Patricio M. Polanco

Open Access Review Article

Systematic review and updated network meta-analysis comparing open, laparoscopic, and robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy

Alberto Aiolfi, Francesca Lombardo, Gianluca Bonitta, Piergiorgio Danelli, Davide Bona

Pancreatectomy Original Article

Robotic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy: the Verona experience

A. Esposito, L. Casetti, M. De Pastena, M. Ramera, G. Montagnini, L. Landoni, C. Bassi, R. Salvia

Open Access Obesity Original Article

Impact of body mass index on the early experience of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy

Ying-Jui Chao, Ting-Kai Liao, Ping-Jui Su, Chih-Jung Wang, Yan-Shen Shan

Pancreaticojejunostomy Original Article

Robotic and open pancreaticoduodenectomy: results from Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan

Bor-Uei Shyr, Bor-Shiuan Shyr, Shih-Chin Chen, Yi-Ming Shyr, Shin-E. Wang

Open Access Pancreatoduodenostomy Original Article

Feasibility and safety of robotic-assisted total pancreatectomy: a pilot western series

Emanuele F. Kauffmann, Niccolò Napoli, Valerio Genovese, Michael Ginesini, Cesare Gianfaldoni, Fabio Vistoli, Gabriella Amorese, Ugo Boggi

Pancreaticojejunostomy Original Article

A comparative study of end-to-end pancreatic anastomosis versus pancreaticojejunostomy after robotic central pancreatectomy

Zi-Zheng Wang, Guo-Dong Zhao, Zhi-Ming Zhao, Ming-Gen Hu, Xiang-Long Tan, Xuan Zhang, Yuan-Xing Gao, Rong Liu

Original Article

State of the art in robotic liver surgery: a meta-analysis

Zhiming Zhao, Zhuzeng Yin, Mengyang Li, Nan Jiang, Rong Liu

Metastasis Original Article

Major robotic hepatectomies: technical considerations

Paolo Magistri, Giacomo Assirati, Roberto Ballarin, Stefano Di Sandro, Fabrizio Di Benedetto

Open Access Liver Resection Original article

Robotic hepatectomy and biliary reconstruction for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: a pioneer western case series

Umberto Cillo, Francesco Enrico D’Amico, Alessandro Furlanetto, Luca Perin, Enrico Gringeri

Laparotomy Original Article

Robotic hepatic resection in postero-superior region of liver

Zhiming Zhao, Zhuzeng Yin, Lichao Pan, Chenggang Li, Minggen Hu, Wan Yee Lau, Rong Liu

Colectomy Original Article

Minimally invasive robotic-assisted combined colorectal and liver excision surgery: feasibility, safety and surgical technique in a pilot series

Graziano Ceccarelli, Aldo Rocca, Michele De Rosa, Andrea Fontani, Fabio Ermili, Enrico Andolfi, Walter Bugiantella, Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri

Correction to: Minimally invasive robotic-assisted combined colorectal and liver excision surgery: feasibility, safety and surgical technique in a pilot series

Graziano Ceccarelli, Aldo Rocca, Michele De Rosa, Andrea Fontani, Fabio Ermili, Enrico Andolfi, Walter Bugiantella, Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri

Cholecystitis Original Article

Cholecystectomy using the Revo-i robotic surgical system from Korea: the first clinical study

Jin Hong Lim, Woo Jung Lee, Seung Ho Choi, Chang Moo Kang

Laparoscopy Review Article

The art of robotic colonic resection: a review of progress in the past 5 years

Hongyi Liu, Maolin Xu, Rong Liu, Baoqing Jia, Zhiming Zhao

Colectomy Original Article

Robotic versus laparoscopic right colectomy within a systematic ERAS protocol: a propensity-weighted analysis

Marco Migliore, Maria Carmela Giuffrida, Alessandra Marano, Luca Pellegrino, Giorgio Giraudo, Fabio Barili, Felice Borghi

Rectal Cancer Original Article

State of the art in robotic rectal surgery: marginal gains worth the pain?

Irfan Nasir, Amro Mureb, Chukwuebuka C. Aliozo, Mohamed H. Abunada, Amjad Parvaiz

Open Access Rectal Cancer Original Article

Robotic rectal resection: oncologic outcomes

Claudio Fiorillo, Giuseppe Quero, Roberta Menghi, Caterina Cina, Vito Laterza, Davide De Sio, Fabio Longo, Sergio Alfieri

Cystocele Original Article

Advantages of robotic surgery in the treatment of complex pelvic organs prolapse

Gabriele Naldini, Bernardina Fabiani, Alessandro Sturiale, Eleonora Russo, Tommaso Simoncini

Rectal Cancer Technical Note

Robotic taTME using the da Vinci SP: technical notes in a cadaveric model

Dario Ribero, Diana Baldassarri, Giuseppe Spinoglio

Open Access Adrenalectomy Review Article

Robot-assisted adrenalectomy: state of the art

Gabriele Materazzi, Leonardo Rossi

Adrenal Cancer Review Article

Robotic approach for partial adrenalectomy

Benedetto Calì, Claire Nomine-Criqui, Florence Bihain, Laurent Brunaud

Hysterectomy Review Article

The robotic single-port platform for gynecologic surgery: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis

Vito Andrea Capozzi, Giulia Armano, Andrea Rosati, Alessandro Tropea, Antonio Biondi

Thyroidectomy Original Article

The effect of robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy (RATT) on body image is better than the conventional approach with cervicotomy: a preliminary report

Valeria Matteucci, Dan Bai, Lorenzo Fregoli, Piermarco Papini, Aleksandr Aghababyan, Giovanni Docimo, Paolo Miccoli, Gabriele Materazzi

Nephrectomy Original Article

Full robotic multivisceral resections: the Modena experience and literature review

Micaela Piccoli, Sofia Esposito, Francesca Pecchini, Alice Francescato, Francesco Colli, Davide Gozzo, Vincenzo Trapani, Carlo Alboni, Bernardo Rocco

Computed Tomography Original Article

Robotic assistance for quick and accurate image-guided needle placement

Abigail J. Fong, Camille L. Stewart, Kelly Lafaro, Christopher J. LaRocca, Yuman Fong, Joseph D. Femino, Brooke Crawford