title: Advanced applications of robotics in digestive surgery.
abstract: Laparoscopy is widely recognized as feasible and safe approach to many oncologic and benign digestive conditions and is associated with an improved early outcome. Robotic surgery promises to overcome intrinsic limitations of laparoscopic surgery by a three-dimensional view and wristed instruments widening indications for a minimally invasive approach. To date, the more interesting applications of robotic surgery are those operations restricted to one abdominal quadrant and requiring a fine dissection and digestive reconstruction. While robot-assisted rectal and gastric surgery are becoming well-accepted options among the surgical community, applications of robotics in hepato-biliary and pancreatic surgery are still debated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery - Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery - ASL 3 Umbria, Hospital San Matteo degli Infermi ,Spoleto, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patriti
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Addeo
authors.forename: Nicolas
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authors.lastname: Buchs
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Casciola
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morel
keywords: cancer; liver; pancreas; rectum; robotic surgery; stomach
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