title: The robotic Whipple: operative strategy and technical considerations.
abstract: Advances in robotic surgery have allowed the frontiers of minimally invasive pancreatic surgery to expand. We present a step-by-step approach to the robotic Whipple procedure. The discussion includes port setting and robotic docking, kocherization and superior mesenteric vein identification, portal dissection, releasing the ligament of Treitz, uncinate dissection, and reconstruction. A brief report of our initial 2-year experience with the robotic Whipple procedure is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street, Suite 602, Minneapolis, MN, 55407-3799, USA. Mackenzie.shawn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.affiliation: Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street, Suite 602, Minneapolis, MN, 55407-3799, USA.
authors.forename: Kambiz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosari
authors.affiliation: Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street, Suite 602, Minneapolis, MN, 55407-3799, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sielaff
authors.affiliation: Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street, Suite 602, Minneapolis, MN, 55407-3799, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Johnson
keywords: Minimally invasive surgery; Pancreatectomy; Pancreatic resection; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Robotic Whipple; Robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy; Robotic surgery; Whipple