Key result
Robot-assisted vascular surgery overcomes key laparoscopic limitations, improving operative efficiency and complication rates.
Why the study?
The use of robotic technologies in vascular surgery is emerging, and a systematic review is needed to evaluate their advantages and disadvantages compared to laparoscopy.
Do robot-assisted operations improve surgical outcomes compared to laparoscopy in vascular surgery?
Systematic Review
Do robot-assisted operations improve surgical outcomes compared to laparoscopy in vascular surgery?
Robot-assisted vascular surgery is an emerging field that may overcome the limitations of traditional laparoscopy, though it is still gaining popularity.
Supports expanded robotic use in vascular procedures where expertise exists; extends systematic evidence on laparoscopic limitations but leaves outcome confirmation open.
The article contains a systematic review of the literature dedicated to vascular robot-assisted operations, also discussing the use of robotic technologies in vascular surgery, their advantages and disadvantages. In so doing, we studied the experience of Russian and leading international surgical centres, comparing the reported outcomes by such parameters as the average duration of the operation, mean time of aortic cross-clamping, time spent for anastomosis formation, frequency of postoperative complications, etc. Benefits of robot-assisted operations allowed the latter to occupy the leading positions in various fields of surgery, although the use of robots in vascular surgery has only begun to gain popularity. A robotically assisted system eliminates the main shortcomings of laparoscopy and opens opportunities for expanding robot-assisted surgery in this field.
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Магомедова et al. (2020) conducted a systematic review in Vascular surgery. Robot-assisted operations vs. Laparoscopy was evaluated on Average duration of the operation, mean time of aortic cross-clamping, time spent for anastomosis formation, frequency of postoperative complications. Robot-assisted operations in vascular surgery eliminate the main shortcomings of laparoscopy and open opportunities for expanding robot-assisted surgery in this field.
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