[Robotic single site surgery: current practice and future developments].
Robotic surgery has been gaining increasing acceptance for several years now, establishing itself with success in all the surgical fields. Besides, since the introduction of single site surgery, the interest for the robotic technology is more than obvious, offering technical possibilities to overcome the natural limitations of laparoscopy. This article reviews the different devices available and the indications of robotic single site surgery. Moreover, the future developments of this new technology are discussed as well.
Service de chirurgie viscérale et de transplantation, Département de chirurgie HUG, 1211 Genève 14. nicolas.c.buchs@hcuge.ch
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