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Between June 2010 and December 2012, one surgeon performed 100 consecutive robotically assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomies without any conversions to an open technique. To our knowledge, this is the largest single-surgeon series of robotic cholecystectomies in the literature and, because of the zero percent conversion rate, also provides evidence that robotic cholecystectomies have a clinical advantage over traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomies.
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Dr. Corvo is a proctor for Intuitive Surgical. Dr. Bendl has no conflicts of interest.
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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study. IRB approval was obtained for this study.
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Corvo, P.R., Bendl, R.F. One hundred consecutive robotically assisted cholecystectomies by one surgeon without any conversions to an open technique. J Robotic Surg 8, 251–254 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-014-0461-4
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