title: The use of robotic surgery in abdominal organ transplantation: A literature review.
abstract: Minimally invasive surgical approaches in transplantation are gaining increasing interest, and many centers are reporting their, mainly laparoscopic, experiences. Robotic surgery (RS) has some hypothetical advantages over traditional laparoscopy and has been successfully applied, although infrequently to organ transplantation. Our goal was to review and critique the publications reporting RS use in organ transplantation. Most of the RS experience has been with living renal donor organ procurement and, to a lesser extent, with RS procedures in the transplant recipient. The available literature suggests that RS appears to be a safe surgical alternative to standard open procedures. RS in living liver donor surgery remains limited, and more experience is required before commenting on RS-related outcomes RS in pancreatic transplantation is exceedingly rare. The enhanced precision and ergonomics of RS may expand its applicability to liver living donation and pancreas transplantation at some point in the future.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.|Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Levi Sandri
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Werra
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mascianà
authors.affiliation: Division of Oncological and Robotic General Surgery, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.affiliation: Department of HPB and Liver Transplant Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spoletini
authors.affiliation: Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, University of L'Aquila, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Quirino
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
keywords: kidney; liver; living donor; pancreas; robotic; transplantation