title: Totally robotic isolated caudate-lobe liver resection for hydatid disease: report of a case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hepatic caudatectomy has always been considered a challenging procedure, because of the complex anatomy and deep location of this segment. Herein we report the first case of a totally robotic isolated caudate-lobe liver resection ever performed for hydatid disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 55 year-old man was referred to our institution after diagnosis was made of a 5.6 cm hepatic lesion of the caudate lobe. Radiological suspicion was for hydatid disease. The patient underwent robotic-assisted hepatic caudatectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The operative time was 280 min and the estimated blood loss was 200 ml. The postoperative course was uneventful. The drain was removed on post-operative day 3 and the patient was discharged on post-operative day 6.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Robotic resection of the caudate lobe is a technically feasible procedure, which nevertheless requires high hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery skills, both in open an mini-invasive approaches. It provides several technical advantages in the field of mini-invasive surgery, yet assuring patient safety. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ballarin
authors.affiliation: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tarantino
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D061646:Operative Time; D011184:Postoperative Period; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: caudate lobe; hydatid disease; robotic surgery