Shunsuke Yamada, Hiroyuki Koga, Shogo Seo, Takanori Ochi, Souichi Shibuya, Yuta Yazaki, Masahiro Takeda, Naho Fujiwara, Geoffrey J Lane, Atsuyuki Yamataka
AIM: Surgery for pediatric choledochal cyst (CC), complete excision (CE), and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy anastomosis (HJA) can be performed using laparoscopy (Lap), robotic-assistance (Rob; da Vinci Xi/Si), or both (Lap/Rob). METHODS: Lap was used exclusively between 2009 and 2021 (n = 31) and Rob was introduced in 2017 (n = 23). All subjects were matched for age, weight, BMI, and episodes of preoperative pancreatitis. For Rob, the first 15/23 were Lap-CE/Rob-HJA and the last 8/23 were Rob-CE/Rob-HJA...
November 21, 2023: Pediatric Surgery International