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In experienced hands, robotic hepatectomy is a safe and effective surgical technique to address benign and malignant diseases affecting the liver. Details of our operative approach, including preoperative evaluation, patient preparation and positioning, port and instrument placement, parenchymal transection, specimen retrieval, and postoperative management, along with a few standard categories of resection and troubleshooting tips for commonly encountered technical challenges are described. The authors believe that this approach has a shorter learning curve, and mastery of robotic hepatectomy can minimize open conversions and allows for more complex resections to be performed minimally invasively in a safe and oncologically sound manner.
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Labadie, K.P., Dickerson, L.K., Park, J.O. (2021). Robotic Hepatectomy. In: Patti, M.G., Zureikat, A.H., Fichera, A., Schlottmann, F. (eds) Techniques in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67940-8_12
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