Open AccessTelerobotic Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Initial Clinical Experience With 25 Patients
Author(s) -
Jacques Marescaux,
Michelle K. Smith,
Daniel Fölscher,
Faek Jamali,
Benoı̂t Malassagne,
Joël Leroy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200107000-00001
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , cholecystectomy , surgery , robotic surgery , laparoscopic surgery , general surgery , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , acute cholecystitis , cholecystitis , gallbladder , laparoscopy
To determine the safety and feasibility of performing telerobotic laparoscopic cholecystectomies. This will serve as a preliminary step toward the integration of computer-rendered three-dimensional preoperative imaging studies of anatomy and pathology onto the patient's own anatomy during surgery.