Systematic review evaluates the safety and outcomes of Hinotori in general surgery, suggesting feasibility in clinical use.
Key Points
This systematic review aims to evaluate the early clinical experience with the Hinotori Surgical Robot System in general surgery, focusing on procedural characteristics and outcomes.
Conducted a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines.
Search included databases: MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science up to March 2026.
Included studies reported general surgical procedures with postoperative outcomes.
Fifteen studies were included, comprising 296 patients, with colorectal surgeries making up 57.1%.
No intraoperative complications or conversions reported, with median blood loss ranging from 3 to 164 mL.
Outcomes showed postoperative complications were infrequent, primarily Clavien-Dindo Grades I-II, with similar perioperative results compared to the da Vinci system.