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UPDATES IN SURGERY
Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages 795-797Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-020-00914-3
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Robotic surgery; Hepatectomy; Gastrectomy; Esophagectomy; Colectomy; Pancreatectomy
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Robotic surgery has made significant advancements in the field of general surgery, overcoming some shortcomings of laparoscopic procedures. While the diffusion of robotic surgery worldwide is uneven, with some complex procedures limited to specialized centers, the decreasing costs and increasing standardization of procedures may lead to robotic surgery becoming the gold standard in general surgery.
The robotic system has overcome some laparoscopic shortcomings, such as stereoscopic 3D-magnified vision, a stable camera and flexible and tremor filtering manipulation. Therefore, robotic surgery has made many steps forward gaining more diffusion in the field of general surgery and this trend was associated with a decrease in laparoscopic surgery. Although the safety and effectiveness of robotic surgical systems in most procedures has been confirmed, some difficult procedures have not been widely performed but rather limited to a few highly specialized centers. This study describes the worldwide diffusion of robotic surgery in their respective fields in terms of hepatectomy, gastrectomy, esophagectomy, colectomy and pancreatectomy, respectively. The worldwide diffusion of robotic surgery is uneven, which may be related to the local economic strength, government health care policies, and surgeons' preference for minimally invasive surgery of various countries and regions. In the future, with the gradual decrease of cost of robotic surgical systems, and the standardization of surgical procedures, as well as the coverage of medical insurance, we believe that robotic surgery will become the gold standard procedure in general surgery.
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