Open AccessRobotic surgery enables safe and comfortable single-incision cholecystectomy: A comparison of robotic and laparoscopic approaches for single-incision surgery
Author(s) -
Jaeim Lee,
Kee-Hwan Kim,
Tae Yoon Lee,
Joseph Ahn,
Say-June Kim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_274_19
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , gallbladder , surgery , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , silc , chemistry , organic chemistry , oxide
Although single-incision robotic cholecystectomy (SIRC) overcomes various limitations of single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC), it is associated with high cost. In this study, we intended to investigate if SIRC is recommendable and advantageous to patients despite its high cost.