Robotic-assisted resection of liver and diaphragm recurrent ovarian carcinoma: Description of technique

SAGES TAVAC safety and effectiveness analysis: da Vinci® Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA)

“…The use of the da Vinci Ò Surgical System to perform liver resection has been described by several authors in a variety of case series for both benign and malignant hepatic resections [74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85]. The challenge in fully evaluating this technology for this application is that no randomized, controlled data exist to compare robotic assistance with conventional laparoscopy for hepatic resections.…”

A novel technique for diaphragm biopsies in human patients

“…Access to the diaphragm via its inferior surface during laparoscopy has already been described for repair of traumatic lesions of the diaphragm [5,6], diaphragm plication procedures [7], resection of diaphragmatic endometriosis lesions [8], partial diaphragmatic resections for cancer invasion [9], or j o u r n a l o f s u r g i c a l r e s e a r c h 1 9 6 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 3 9 5 e3 9 8 management of locally extensive ovarian cancers [10], and hiatus hernia repair [11]. The present study shows that this approach can also be used to perform good quality diaphragm biopsies.…”

Robotic Surgery for Gynaecologic Cancer: An Overview

“…without any macroscopically visible residual tumour, is of paramount importance for a good prognosis, more and more emphasis has been put lately on total removal of the peritoneum and diaphragm. The first robot-assisted resection of the diaphragm, which is difficult to access with open surgery, was recently reported by Holloway et al [30].…”