Robot-assisted pediatric surgery

Robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: Multi-institutional experience in infants

“…However, robotic surgery offers several advantages over traditional laparoscopy, including three-dimensional vision, increased degrees of freedom of movement of the instruments, tremor reduction, and motion scaling. These features appear well suited for the pediatric population given the prevalence of reconstructive surgery [4]. Yet there have been concerns of using the surgical robot in pediatric patients given the limited operative space, relatively large camera and instrument ports, increased operative time for docking and undocking, and potential decreased anesthesia access to the patient [5,6].…”

Un rôle de la chirurgie robot-assistée pour préserver la fertilité féminine ? Réflexion à propos d’une première exérèse de kyste paratubaire par cœliochirurgie robot-assistée « Da Vinci S » chez une jeune fille

“…L'utilisation du robot chirurgical Da Vinci S (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, États-Unis) facilite l'application des principes de la chirurgie miniinvasive et sa faisabilité a été démontrée chez l'enfant [11]. Devant la possibilité d'avoir à réaliser une chirurgie tubaire chez notre jeune patiente et dans un but de préservation de la fertilité ultérieure, nous avons réalisé l'exploration abdominale et l'intervention chirurgicale annexielle par voie coelioscopique robot-assistée.…”

Robotic-assisted anorectal pull-through for anorectal malformations

“…Many reports have been published on the feasibility and safety of using this new technology in children [2,3]. Various pediatric surgical procedures have been performed successfully with an acceptable rate of complications and conversions to standard approach [2][3][4][5]. To the best of our knowledge, no report has been published describing the use of a robot in the repair of ARMs.…”