title: Robotic surgery of the pancreas: The current state of the art.
abstract: Pancreatic surgery is one of the most technically challenging and complex types of surgery. Most pancreatic surgery is performed with the open technique, yet minimally invasive surgery has become the standard of care for many other intra-abdominal operations. The unique qualities of the robotic platform have made this approach to pancreatic surgery safe and feasible with at least equivalent if not better results than the open platform in terms of surgical and oncological outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Anthony T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: R Matthew
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
keywords: minimally invasive surgery; pancreatectomy; pancreatic cancer; pancreatoduodenectomy; robotic surgery