10.01.2022 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Mini-Invasive Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Resection: Could Robots Be the Key?
verfasst von:
Antoine Camerlo, MD, Héloise Seux, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 4/2022
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Excerpt
Compared with open hepatectomy, laparoscopic resection of liver metastasis and hepatocellular carcinoma reduces operative blood loss, attenuates postoperative pain, and diminishes postoperative complications, as well as resulting in shorter hospital stay with similar oncological outcomes.
1,2 Hilar cholangiocarcinoma resection needs major hepatectomy, with en bloc caudate lobe resection, portal vein and biliary reconstruction, and lymphadenectomy. Mini-invasive resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma is feasible
3 but remains debated because of its technical difficulties, high postoperative morbidity, and bad oncological outcomes. Robotic liver resection has the potential to overcome limitations of conventional laparoscopy and could achieve safe and radical resection, with better outcomes than laparotomy. …