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Robot-assisted choledochotomy: feasibility

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Because clearing stones from the common bile duct is demanding with conventional laparoscopic techniques, the “da Vinci” robotic system can be of additional value in inserting a kehr drain and suturing the common bile duct. As far as we could ascertain, we report the first case of a laparoscopic choledochotomy with the assistance of this robotic system. Thanks to it, we were able to suture the common bile duct meticulously.

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  1. Department of Hepatobiliary, Endocrine and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium

    G. Roeyen, T. Chapelle & D. Ysebaert

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Roeyen, G., Chapelle, T. & Ysebaert, D. Robot-assisted choledochotomy: feasibility . Surg Endosc 18, 165–166 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-003-4234-9

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