title: [Robotic-assisted hepatic surgery].
abstract: Open surgery is currently the gold standard for most liver resection. Laparoscopic hepatic surgery is currently gaining significance, but technical challenges remain. Surgical robotics has been developed to overcome these technical limitations and to enable more difficult minimally invasive procedures. At our institution, 16 robotic hepatic resections have been performed since 2010. Shorter length of stay on intermediate care unit and shorter overall hospitalization has been observed with the robotic patients when compared to open hepatic resection. Overall, the literature shows promising data with demonstration of general feasibility of robotic liver surgery. However, more systematic research is needed to precisely determine the potential advantages of robotics over alternative approaches and its overall role for hepatic resections.
authors.forename: Minoa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Monika E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: Pouya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iranmanesh
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Majno
authors.forename: Leo H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Buhler
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toso
authors.forename: Sorina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cornateanu
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buchs
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures