title: Current status of robotic single-port colonic surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The present paper reviews evidence and examines updates in single-port robotic surgery for colonic diseases reported in contemporary studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comprehensive online systematic search of PubMed databases was carried out in June 2015, identifying studies conducted on robotic single-port colectomy from 2008 to 2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The advantages and disadvantages of several available port-access systems, techniques for configuring robotic arms, and robotic surgical platforms, were presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Current studies show that single-port robotic colectomy is a safe and feasible procedure despite the lack of supporting evidence. Although significant advancements in the development and modification of single-access ports, configuration of robotic arms, and robotic surgical platforms have been achieved in the field of single-port robotic surgery for colonic disease, significant improvements to surgical platforms for single-port robotic surgery are needed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University and Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Uk
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University and Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Woon Kyung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University and Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Kyu
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Baek
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D061214:Patient Safety; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: colonic neoplasm; robotics; single-port surgery