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Urology is the surgical specialty that really introduced the possibilities of robot-assisted surgery and ensured its very rapid development with its application to the radical prostatectomy procedure. The only robot-assisted laparoscopy surgery system currently in existence (Da Vinci, Intuitive Surgical) is particularly well suited to such deep pelvic surgery where exposure is difficult and dissection very painstaking. The first robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) was performed in Germany by Binder (2000). After it was published, many urology departments throughout the world, most especially in the United States, acquired the equipment to perform robot-assisted radical prostatectomies and then extended their robot-assisted systems to numerous urologic indications.The year 2005 was the turning point when the installation of robotic systems escalated in Europe and particularly in France. The number of scientific publications about robotassisted urologic procedures rapidly increased as, conversely, the number of articles on standard laparoscopy decreased.Many urologic procedures are now commonly performed by robot-assisted surgery. There were 4150 such procedures in France in 2010 with four main indications. Radical prostatectomyThis procedure is the leading urologic use of the DaVinci system, and more than 80% of the radical prostatectomies performed in the US this year were done by robot-assisted surgery. In France, the growth has been slower and delayed, but of the nearly 24,000 prostatectomies performed in 2010, nearly 15% (3500) were done by robot-assisted surgery. The structure of the DaVinci surgical system is particularly well suited to pelvic surgery. Two completely different reasons explain the success of the robot-assisted radical prostatectomy:
Urology is the surgical specialty that really introduced the possibilities of robot-assisted surgery and ensured its very rapid development with its application to the radical prostatectomy procedure. The only robot-assisted laparoscopy surgery system currently in existence (Da Vinci, Intuitive Surgical) is particularly well suited to such deep pelvic surgery where exposure is difficult and dissection very painstaking. The first robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) was performed in Germany by Binder (2000). After it was published, many urology departments throughout the world, most especially in the United States, acquired the equipment to perform robot-assisted radical prostatectomies and then extended their robot-assisted systems to numerous urologic indications.The year 2005 was the turning point when the installation of robotic systems escalated in Europe and particularly in France. The number of scientific publications about robotassisted urologic procedures rapidly increased as, conversely, the number of articles on standard laparoscopy decreased.Many urologic procedures are now commonly performed by robot-assisted surgery. There were 4150 such procedures in France in 2010 with four main indications. Radical prostatectomyThis procedure is the leading urologic use of the DaVinci system, and more than 80% of the radical prostatectomies performed in the US this year were done by robot-assisted surgery. In France, the growth has been slower and delayed, but of the nearly 24,000 prostatectomies performed in 2010, nearly 15% (3500) were done by robot-assisted surgery. The structure of the DaVinci surgical system is particularly well suited to pelvic surgery. Two completely different reasons explain the success of the robot-assisted radical prostatectomy:
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