Novel knot tying technique for robot-assisted surgery.
Robot-assisted surgery has seen significant advancements in recent years, with dedicated training opportunities to acquire adequate skills.  With improved degree of rotation and movement offered by the robot arm, newer techniques of knot tying need to be developed.  Here we present a novel method of knot tying to help place a secure knot, especially with short suture length.
Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Khurshid A
KA
Guru
Mohd Raashid
MR
Sheikh
Syed J
SJ
Raza
Andrew P
AP
Stegemann
John
J
Nyquist
D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics; D013536:Suture Techniques