• Title of article

    Robotic liver surgery

  • Author/Authors

    leung, universe memorial sloan kettering cancer center - department of surgery, New York, USA , fong, yuman city of hope medical center - department of surgery, Duarte, USA

  • From page
    288
  • To page
    294
  • Abstract
    Robotic surgery is an evolving technology that has been successfully applied to a number ofsurgical specialties, but its use in liver surgery has so far been limited. In this review article we discuss thechallenges of minimally invasive liver surgery, the pros and cons of robotics, the evolution of medical robots,and the potentials in applying this technology to liver surgery. The current data in the literature are also presented.
  • Keywords
    Robotics , hepatectomy , minimally invasive surgery
  • Journal title
    Hepatobiliary Surgery an‎d Nutrition
  • Journal title
    Hepatobiliary Surgery an‎d Nutrition
  • Record number

    2654028