Rong Liu, Mohammed Abu Hilal, Marc G Besselink, Thilo Hackert, Chinnusamy Palanivelu, Yupei Zhao, Jin He, Ugo Boggi, Jin-Young Jang, Fabrizio Panaro, Brian K P Goh, Mikhail Efanov, Yuichi Nagakawa, Hong-Jin Kim, Xiaoyu Yin, Zhiming Zhao, Yi-Ming Shyr, Shridhar Iyer, Eli Kakiashvili, Ho-Seong Han, Jae Hoon Lee, Roland Croner, Shin-E Wang, Marco Vito Marino, Arun Prasad, Wei Wang, Songqing He, Kehu Yang, Qu Liu, Zizheng Wang, Mengyang Li, Shuai Xu, Kongyuan Wei, Zhaoda Deng, Yuze Jia, Tess M E van Ramshorst
BACKGROUND: With the rapid development of robotic surgery, especially for the abdominal surgery, robotic pancreatic surgery (RPS) has been applied increasingly around the world. However, evidence-based guidelines regarding its application, safety, and efficacy are still lacking. To harvest robust evidence and comprehensive clinical practice, this study aims to develop international guidelines on the use of RPS. METHODS: World Health Organization (WHO) Handbook for Guideline Development, GRADE Grid method, Delphi vote, and the AGREE-II instrument were used to establish the Guideline Steering Group, Guideline Development Group, and Guideline Secretary Group, formulate 19 clinical questions, develop the recommendations, and draft the guidelines...
February 1, 2024: Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition