title: Robot-assisted choledochotomy: feasibility.
abstract: Because clearing stones from the common bile duct is demanding with conventional laparoscopic techniques, the "da Vinci" robotic system can be of additional value in inserting a kehr drain and suturing the common bile duct. As far as we could ascertain, we report the first case of a laparoscopic choledochotomy with the assistance of this robotic system. Thanks to it, we were able to suture the common bile duct meticulously.
authors: Department of Hepatobiliary, Endocrine and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium. geert.roeyen@uza.be
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Roeyen
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Chapelle
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Ysebaert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D042883:Choledocholithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics