ROBOTIC LIVER RESECTION. REPORT OF THE FIRST 50 CASES.

BACKGROUND: Robotic surgery has gained growing acceptance in recent years, expanding to liver resection. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to report the experience with our first fifty robotic liver resections. METHODS: This was a single-cohort, retrospective study. From May 2018 to December 2020, 50 consecutive patients underwent robotic liver resection in a single center. All patients with indication for minimally invasive liver resection underwent robotic hepatectomy. The indication for the use of minimally invasive technique followed practical guidelines based on the second international laparoscopic liver consensus conference. RESULTS: The proportion of robotic liver resection was 58.8% of all liver resections. Thirty women and 20 men with median age of 61 years underwent robotic liver resection. Forty-two patients were operated on for malignant diseases. Major liver resection was performed in 16 (32%) patients. Intrahepatic Glissonian approach was used in 28 patients for anatomical resection. In sixteen patients, the robotic liver resection was a redo hepatectomy. In 10 patients, previous liver resection was an open resection and in six it was minimally invasive resection. Simultaneous colon resection was done in three patients. One patient was converted to open resection. Two patients received blood transfusion. Four (8%) patients presented postoperative complications. No 90-day mortality was observed. CONCLUSION: The use of the robot for liver surgery allowed to perform increasingly difficult procedures with similar outcomes of less difficult liver resections.

Hepatectomia robótica. Relato dos primeiros 50 casos / Robotic liver resection. report of the first 50 cases

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Robotic surgery has gained growing acceptance in recent years, expanding to liver resection. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to report the experience with our first fifty robotic liver resections. METHODS: This was a single-cohort, retrospective study. From May 2018 to December 2020, 50 consecutive patients underwent robotic liver resection in a single center. All patients with indication for minimally invasive liver resection underwent robotic hepatectomy. The indication for the use of minimally invasive technique followed practical guidelines based on the second international laparoscopic liver consensus conference. RESULTS: The proportion of robotic liver resection was 58.8% of all liver resections. Thirty women and 20 men with median age of 61 years underwent robotic liver resection. Forty-two patients were operated on for malignant diseases. Major liver resection was performed in 16 (32%) patients. Intrahepatic Glissonian approach was used in 28 patients for anatomical resection. In sixteen patients, the robotic liver resection was a redo hepatectomy. In 10 patients, previous liver resection was an open resection and in six it was minimally invasive resection. Simultaneous colon resection was done in three patients. One patient was converted to open resection. Two patients received blood transfusion. Four (8%) patients presented postoperative complications. No 90-day mortality was observed. CONCLUSION: The use of the robot for liver surgery allowed to perform increasingly difficult procedures with similar outcomes of less difficult liver resections.

RESUMO CONTEXTO: A cirurgia robótica tem tido aceitação crescente nos últimos anos, expandindo-se para a ressecção hepática. OBJETIVO: Relatar a experiência com as primeiras cinquenta ressecções hepáticas robóticas. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de análise retrospectiva de dados coletados prospectivamente. De maio de 2018 a dezembro de 2020, 50 pacientes consecutivos foram submetidos à ressecção hepática robótica em um único centro. Todos os pacientes com indicação de ressecção hepática minimamente invasiva foram submetidos à hepatectomia robótica. A indicação de técnica minimamente invasiva seguiu as diretrizes práticas baseadas na segunda conferência internacional de consenso laparoscópico hepático. RESULTADOS: A proporção de ressecções hepáticas robóticas foi de 58,8% de todas as ressecções hepáticas. Trinta mulheres e 20 homens com idade mediana de 61 anos foram submetidos à ressecção hepática robótica. Quarenta e dois pacientes foram operados por doenças malignas. Ressecção hepática maior foi realizada em 16 (32%) pacientes. A abordagem Glissoniana intra-hepática foi usada em 28 pacientes para ressecção anatômica. Em 16 pacientes, a ressecção hepática robótica foi uma re-hepatectomia. Em 10, a hepatectomia prévia foi aberta e em seis foi por via minimamente invasiva. Ressecção simultânea do cólon foi feita em três pacientes. Um paciente foi convertido para ressecção aberta. Dois pacientes receberam transfusão sanguínea. Quatro (8%) pacientes apresentaram complicações pós-operatórias. Mortalidade em 90 dias foi nula. CONCLUSÃO: O uso do robô permitiu realizar procedimentos progressivamente mais complexos com resultados semelhantes às hepatectomias menos complexas.

Robotic Left Hepatectomy and Roux-en-Y Hepaticojejunostomy After Bile Duct Injury.

BACKGROUND: Bile duct injuries after cholecystectomy remain a major concern because their incidence has not changed through the years despite technical advances. This video presents a robotic left hepatectomy and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy as a treatment for a complex bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS: A 52-year-old man underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at another institution 8 years previously, which resulted in a bile duct injury. His postoperative period was complicated by jaundice and cholangitis. He was treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and multiple endoprostheses for 3 years, after which the endoprostheses were removed, and he was sent to the authors' institution. Computed tomography showed that the left liver had signs of disturbed perfusion and dilation of the left intrahepatic bile duct. The patient was asymptomatic and refused any further attempt at surgical correction of the lesion. He was accompanied for 5 years. Magnetic resonance imaging showed progressive atrophy of the left liver. Finally, 3 months before this writing, he presented with intermittent episodes of cholangitis. A multidisciplinary team decided to perform left hepatectomy with Roux-en-Y hepatojejunostomy via a robotic approach. The left liver was atrophied, and left hepatectomy was performed. Fluorescence imaging was used to identify the right bile duct. At opening of the right bile duct, small stones were found and removed. Antecolic Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy then was performed. RESULTS: The operative time was 335 min. Recovery was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 4. CONCLUSIONS: Robotic repair of bile duct injuries is feasible and safe, even when liver resection is necessary. This video may help oncologic surgeons to perform this complex procedure.