The da Vinci robot in the field of vascular surgery
Štádler, P.; Dvořáček, L.; Vitásek, P.; Matouš, P.
Rozhledy v chirurgii mesicnik Ceskoslovenske chirurgicke spolecnosti 96(2): 63-68
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-9351 PMID: 28429949 Document Number: 692647
The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical experience with 379 robot-assisted vascular procedures performed from November 2005 to December 2016 at our institution. A total of 366 cases (96.6%) were successfully completed using the robotic surgical systems da Vinci Standard and da Vinci Xi. Conversion was necessary in 13 patients (3.4%). The 30-day mortality was 0.26% and 2 (0.5%) late prosthetic infections occurred. From a practical point of view, the greatest advantage of robot-assisted procedures has been the speed and relative simplicity of vascular anastomosis construction. Our experience with robot-assisted surgery has demonstrated the safety and feasibility of this technique in different areas of vascular surgery.Key words: robotic vascular surgery aortic and non-aortic surgery.