Importance Use of robotic surgery has increased in urological practice over the last decade. However, the use, outcomes, and costs of robotic nephrectomy are unknown. Objectives To examine the trend in use of robotic-assisted operations for radical nephrectomy in the United States and to compare the perioperative outcomes and costs with laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. Design, Setting, and...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the comparative safety and efficacy of robotic vs laparoscopic gastrectomy for early-stage gastric cancer. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Tertiary hospital. PATIENTS Eight hundred twenty-seven patients with gastric cancer. INTERVENTIONS Between July 2005 and April 2009, 827 patients with gastric cancer underwent 236 robotic and 591 laparoscopic radical gast...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic surgery has revolutionized the concept of minimally invasive surgery for the last 3 decades. Robotic-assisted surgery is one of the latest innovations in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Already, many procedures have been performed in urology, cardiac surgery, and general surgery. In this article, we attempt to report our preliminary experience with robotic-assis...

Introduction Minimally invasive surgery for colorectal diseases has dramatically changed since the introduction of laparoscopic surgery. The frontline for minimally invasive surgery has further progressed since the advent of robotic surgery, with developments more pronounced for rectal cancers especially considering the perceived technological advantages of robotic surgery over the laparoscopic...

Robotic harvesting of crops has the potential to disrupt current agricultural practices. A key element to enabling robotic harvesting is to safely remove the crop from the plant which often involves locating and cutting the peduncle, the part of the crop that attaches it to the main stem of the plant. In this paper we present a comparative study of two methods for performing peduncle detection....

Introduction Robotic-assisted surgery is increasingly being used in various surgical specialities to decrease blood loss, surgical stress and to improve cosmesis. Over past two decades it has become popular in cardiac surgery as well. Various cardiac surgical procedures like valve surgery, coronary artery surgery and congenital repair procedures can be done with robotic help. Anaesthetic manage...

BACKGROUND Robotic surgery has been developed with the aim of improving surgical quality and overcoming the limitations of conventional laparoscopy in the performance of complex mini-invasive procedures. The present study was designed to compare robotic and laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in the treatment of gastric cancer. METHODS Between June 2008 and September 2015, 41 laparoscopic and 30 ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the different times into which the convention and robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty can be divided. To compare the rate of complications between both procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study was performed of the patients diagnosed of pyeloureteral junction stenosis and treated with convention and robotic laparoscopic pyeloplasty with more than one ye...

OBJECTIVE To compare conventional laparoscopic and robotic-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for vaginal apex prolapse. METHODS This single-center, blinded randomized trial included participants with stage 2-4 posthysterectomy vaginal prolapse. Participants were randomized to laparoscopic or robotic sacrocolpopexy. The primary outcome was total operative time from incision to closure. Seco...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Recently robotic thyroidectomy has gained its popularity for the treatment of differentiated...