Macedo ALV,V.Schraibman, S. Okazaki

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62 years-old man with uncinate process adenocarcinoma, HIV positive, previous biliary stenting, being submitted to a robotic duodenopancreatectomy.

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C. Vicini, F. Montevecchi, P. Canzi

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This video shows the main application of Tullium laser in TORS procedures. This kind of laser can be utilized in many applications such as oral, oropharynx and laryngeal surgery. The set-up in TORS is very easy and fast and the laser fiber can be applied inside a robotic instrument. The tip of the fiber is thin and the type of laser allows a perfect dissection and coagulation on the mucosa of the upper airways.

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A. Coratti

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The relation at SICO National Congress about Gastric Robotic Surgery
with meta-analysis of principal studies in literature on this item.
We show a video with some technical skin in Gastric Robotic Surgery

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L. Casciola, A. Patriti, G. Ceccarelli,  A. Bartoli

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Inflow occlusion in a demanding procedure in laparoscopic liver surgery. An extracorporeal Pringle maneuver can be carried out encircling the hepato-duodenal ligament using an endowristed robotic arm and exteriorizing the tourniquet allowing the on-table surgeon to control intermittent clamping.

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Pier C. Giulianotti (Chicago – USA)

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The video shows the technique of a minimally invasive robotic assisted treatment of a choledochal cyst type one. The cyst is dissected and resected in a totally minimally invasive technique. Once the lesion and the common bile duct are isolated, the common bile duct is transected distally using a blu load stapler (endogia) and using scissors proximally. The reconstruction of the biliary tree is performed by a roux-en-Y intestinal interposition.

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V. Schraibman

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This video presents a patient with deep infiltrating endometriosis with severe pelvic pain that was submitted to a robotic retosigmoidectomy. Surgery was uneventfull and the patient was discharged in the 3rd PO day with liquid diet for 7 days.

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Graziano Pernazza (Rome – Italy)

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Robotic assistance, even though the advantages over traditional laparoscopy are less obvious than in other fields of application, gives an important contribution, both in the dissection, both in the stage of the plasty.
The patient was affected by gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernia. The video shows the standardized technique to perform a 360° full robotic fundoplication, using the four arms DaVinci S surgical System. All the various stages of the procedures are clearly shown. The video also shows the X-ray contrast control, routinely performed 30 days after surgery.

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Giulia Veronesi (Milano – Italy) F. Vannucci, D. Galetta, M. Casiraghi, L. Spaggiari

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A left upper robotic lobectomy is performed for a stage Ia lung adenocarcinoma. The vein is dissected an sectioned with an endostapler introduced through the posterior trocar. The bronchus is resected after the vein and last the artery are isolated and resected with an endostapler. The piece is removed trhogh the 4 cm incision in the foruth intercostals space anteriorly. A complete lymph node dissection of station 5, 6 and 7 is performed.

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Graziano Pernazza (Rome – Italy) Andrea Coratti (Florence – Italy) Antonella Lombardi, Michele Di Marino (Florence – Italy) Giuseppe Caravaglios (Grosseto – Italy) S. Tumbiolo, E. Gentile, L. Moraldi, Fabio Sbrana (Chicago – USA) Pier C. Giulianotti (Chicago – USA)

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The presentation shows the results of a retrospective evaluation of oncological accuracy and postoperative outcomes of robotic surgery for gastric cancer in a 100 patients series (47 males, 53 females, mean age 66.5 years) collected between September 2001 and June 2009, at Misericordia Hospital of Grosseto (Italy) submitted to robotic gastric resection for cancer.
The pathologic findings confirm that robotic gastrectomy is oncologically adequate for gastric cancer: radical resection, D2 lymphadenectomy, and correct pathological staging are possible by robotic technique. The perioperative outcomes are good and similar to open surgery. The major morbidity is reduced by increasing experience.

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Pier C. Giulianotti (Chicago – USA) Shawn MacKenzie (Virginia – USA)

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The video shows the comparison of two different techniques for the pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple operation). PC Giulianotti and S MacKenzie compare the technique step by step: Port setting, Kocher Maneuver, hepatic hilum, ligament of treitz, mobilization of the duodeno jejunal flexure, pancreas neck, uncinate process, reconstruction. An interesting overview of the technical details of this complex advanced robotic procedure.

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