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Port site metastases after robot‐assisted surgery: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Iavazzo Christos,
Gkegkes Ioannis D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the international journal of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1478-596X
pISSN - 1478-5951
DOI - 10.1002/rcs.1512
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , port (circuit theory) , surgery , cervical carcinoma , complication , carcinoma , robotic surgery , systematic review , general surgery , medline , cancer , cervical cancer , electrical engineering , engineering , political science , law
Background Robotic surgery is a new technique and the aim of this study was to review the available literature on robotic port‐site metastasis in oncological patients. Methods The results of this study were retrieved after performing a systematic electronic search in PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane databases. Results In total 204 patients were included in the study, of which five had robotic port‐site metastasis. Their age ranged from 35‐77 years. The types of cancers causing port‐site metastasis were one squamous cell cervical carcinoma, two cervical adenocarcinomas, one gallbladder carcinoma and one transitional cell bladder carcinoma. The port‐site metastasis occurred from 3 weeks up to 18 months postoperatively with the tumor measuring from 1.1 to 10.5 cm. Conclusions Port‐site metastasis is an extremely rare complication of robotic surgery. No safe conclusion can be drawn, but the aim of this study was to raise doctors' suspicion levels to such a rare new entity. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.