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Robotic-Assisted Live Donor Ileal Segmentectomy for Intestinal Transplantation
Guosheng Wu1, Qianjing Li1, Qingchuan Zhao1
1Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Background:
Every effort should be made to optimize surgical techniques and to minimize potential morbidity rates associated with live donor operations. Advances in a minimally invasive approach by robotic surgery to donor nephrectomy have raised the possibility of applying this technique to live donor bowel resections for intestinal transplantation.
Methods:
We report the first 5 consecutive cases of a robotic-assisted live donor ileal segmentectomy. We describe the technical aspects of the procedure, discuss the rationale for considering this option, and evaluate potential advantages of this approach.
Results:
We found that this new approach is associated with less postoperative discomfort, a shorter hospital length of stay, and a faster recovery of bowel function compared to our previous open surgery.
Conclusions:
Our initial experience suggests that robotic surgery is a safe and feasible procedure for live donor ileal resection for intestinal transplantation and is a useful alternative to conventional open surgery.