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Do robotic malfunctions during da Vinci robotic surgery affect patient safety or surgical outcomes?
Do robotic malfunctions during da Vinci robotic surgery affect patient safety or surgical outcomes?
Robotic malfunctions during da Vinci robotic surgery are not infrequent but rarely affect patient safety or surgical outcomes.
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Supports continued robotic urologic procedures; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding practice.
Robotic malfunction is not infrequent in the current era of robotic surgery in various surgical subspecialties, but rarely consequential. Their seldom occurrence does not seem to affect patient safety or surgical outcome.
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