Update on Robotic Gastrointestinal Surgery

• Other Authors: Milone, Marco (Editor), Bianchi, Paolo Pietro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; complete mesocolic excision; robotic surgery; right colectomy; robotic distal pancreatectomy; laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy; spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy; minimally-invasive distal pancreatectomy; systematic review; meta-analysis; rectal cancer; total mesorectal excision (TME); transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME); robotic; robotic transanal total mesorectal excision (RTaTme); transanal surgery; colorectal; colorectal cancer; laparoscopic; learning curve; minimally invasive gastrectomy; robotic gastrectomy; laparoscopic gastrectomy; gastric cancer; esophagectomy; esophageal cancer; open surgery; robotic ventral rectopexy; rectal prolapse; pelvic organ prolapse treatment; total mesorectal excision; robotic low anterior resection; conversion; abdominal adhesions; laparoscopic surgery; robotic fundoplication; laparoscopic fundoplication; reflux; hiatal hernia; functional outcomes; n/a
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Since the introduction of robotic surgery in the early 2000s, several studies have demonstrated its safety and feasibility in various complicated procedures, including esophageal, gastric, and colorectal surgery (for both benign and malignant pathologies), hepatobiliopancreatic surgery, and gynecolo...