Robot-assisted pediatric surgery.
Computer-enhanced robotic surgical systems have been increasingly used to facilitate complex minimal access surgical procedures. In adult patients, such systems have been used to perform a wide variety of operations including coronary artery bypass grafting, mitral valve repair, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, colon resection, nephrectomy, and radical prostatectomy. In the field of pediatric surgery, the experience with robotic surgical systems has been more limited. However, with improvements in robotic technology, interest and experience with robotic pediatric surgery have grown rapidly. The purpose of this article is to review the current experimental and clinical literature regarding the use of robotic surgical systems in the pediatric patient population.
Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 780 Welch Road, Suite 206, Stanford, California 94305-5733, USA.
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Woo
David
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Thomas M
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Krummel
Craig
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Albanese
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures