An Audit of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgeries in Children: Early Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in India

Anand, Sachit; Adgudwar, Shashank; Jadhav, Bhushan; Bothara, Vipul Prakash; Takrouney, Mohammed Hamada; Sandlas, Gursev

doi:10.1089/lap.2021.0183

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“…Robotic surgery has been utilised in several paediatric surgical subspecialties, such as urology, oncology, general surgery (gastrointestinal hepatopancreatobiliary), thoracic, and otorhinolaryngology [ 10 , 20 , 31 ]. Robot-assisted technology offers support to the paediatric surgeon by improving dexterity and precision of movements, hand–eye coordination, ergonomics, and visualization [ 21 ].…”

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The Role of the Versius Surgical Robotic System in the Paediatric Population

Brownlee

Slack

2022

Children

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The uptake of robot-assisted surgery has continuously grown since its advent in the 1990s. While robot-assisted surgery is well-established in adult surgery, the rate of uptake in paediatric surgical centres has been slower. The advantages of a robot-assisted system, such as improved visibility, dexterity, and ergonomics, could make it a superior choice over the traditional laparoscopic approach. However, its implementation in the paediatric surgery arena has been limited primarily due to the unavailability of appropriately sized instruments as per paediatric body habitus, therefore, requiring more technologically advanced systems. The Versius surgical robotic system is a new modular platform that offers several benefits such as articulated instruments which pass through conventional 5 mm ports, compact arms for easier manoeuvrability and patient access, the ability to mimic conventional port placements, and adaptive machine learning concepts. Prior to its introduction to paediatric surgery, it needs to go through a careful pre-clinical and clinical research program.

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