Authors: Ramon Vilallonga José Manuel Fort Enric Caubet Oscar Gonzalez Manel Armengol
Publish Date: 2013/07/30
Volume: 23, Issue: 10, Pages: 1501-1507
Abstract
The da Vinci Surgical System® has shown its possible indications in obesity surgery This clinical study aims to elucidate the benefits potentials or problems of applying robotic technology for sleeve gastrectomy SG Data from 200 patients who underwent SG either performed by laparoscopy or robotic approach were assessed A review of the data was analyzed with 1year followup There were 143 female patients Mean age was 436 years Mean BMI was 484 kg/m2 Operative time was longer for the robotic SG group p 0005 The overall leak rate was 35 Robotic SG is feasible and may be an initial procedure to undergo more complex procedures Cost issues and operative times will need to be more clearly estimated in the future
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