Robotic assisted common bile duct exploration for management of complex gallstone disease

Minimally invasive cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration offers single- stage management for complex gallstone disease (cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis). Robotic platform presents benefits in improving operative precision, which has not been extensively evaluated in the acute setting of managing complex gallstone disease, as well as in performing transcholedochal or post cholecystectomy common bile duct exploration. We report an early series of emergent and expedited robotic assisted cholecystectomy with common bile duct exploration (RC-CBDE) or robotic common bile duct exploration (R-CBDE) alone.