title: Robotic versus telerobotic laparoscopic cholecystectomy: duration of surgery and outcomes.
abstract: This study found that robotic and telerobotic operations were accomplished with the same mortality, morbidity, blood loss, length of operations and length of stay. The DaVinci operations required longer total operating room time than the AESOP operations. Telerobotic laparoscopic cholecystectomy achieved the same clinical outcomes as standard robotic laparoscopic cholecystectomy in this small trial. This study justifies further comparison of these techniques in a randomized prospective trial.
authors.affiliation: Minimally Invasive and Telerobotic Surgery Institute, Hackensack University Medical Center, 20 Prospect Avenue, Suite #901, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hourmont
authors.forename: Woosup
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wasielewski
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Garth H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ballantyne
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012371:Robotics; D016896:Treatment Outcome