[Application of da Vinci system for biliary operation in fifteen patients].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of da Vinci surgical system in the treatment of biliary diseases.


METHODS
The clinical data of 15 patients with biliary diseases who had undergone operations with da Vinci surgical system from March 2009 to November 2009 at our hospital were retrospectively analyzed.


RESULTS
The operations were successfully performed on all patients. And no case was converted into open laparotomy. The total operative duration was 256 +/- 151 min and the robot operative duration 224 +/- 94 min. No blood transfusion was needed. Postoperative recovery time of bowl movement was 30 +/- 18 hours. And the average postoperative hospital stay was 6 +/- 3 days. Two patients had postoperative complications and were cured by conservative treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Various laparoscopic operations for biliary diseases may be performed with the aid of three-dimensional imaging system and flexible surgical tools of the Da Vinci surgical system. And its superiority is more obvious for complicated biliary diseases.
Zhao
Zhi-ming
ZM
Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Postgraduate Medical School, Beijing 100853, China.
Ji
Wen-bin
WB
Wang
Hong-guang
HG
Lu
Hong-wei
HW
Yu
Qiang
Q
Lu
Fang
F
Dong
Jia-hong
JH
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012371:Robotics