title: Early results of one-year robotic surgery using the Da Vinci system to perform advanced laparoscopic procedures.
abstract: Robotic technology has recently been introduced to gastrointestinal laparoscopic surgery. We prospectively evaluated early results of robotic surgery using the Da Vinci system in our department. Data were prospectively collected in 40 patients who underwent robotic surgery during a 1-year period. We performed 3 cholecystectomies, 10 anterior fundoplications for gastroesophageal reflux disease, 17 transperitoneal adrenalectomies, 2 Heller myotomies, 5 procedures for rectal prolapse, and 3 colpohysteropexies for genital prolapse. The results for robotic adrenalectomies and anterior fundoplications were compared with the results from patients who underwent these procedures laparoscopically without robotic assistance at our department during the same period. We encountered two conversions to laparotomy (5%) and one conversion to standard laparoscopy (2.5%). There was no morbidity imputable to the robotic approach and no deaths. The mean operative times were significantly longer in robotic groups compared with laparoscopic groups for adrenalectomies and fundoplications. The Da Vinci robotic system enables surgeons to perform advanced laparoscopic procedures with ease, safety, and precision. We believe that preferable indications for using this system are to perform surgery in narrow spaces (pelvic surgery) or when precise dissection is mandatory (Heller myotomy).
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Nancy-Brabois, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France. a.ayav@chu-nancy.fr
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayav
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bresler
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brunaud
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boissel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012371:Robotics; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013552:Swine