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Sangrag Ganguli1, Adeel S Khan2, Yifan Wang3
1Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
The field of liver transplantation (LT) has evolved rapidly since its conception in 1963. With improvements in surgical techniques and greater understanding of immunosuppression, LT has gained wide popularity in treating end-stage liver disease as well as carefully selected hepatic malignancies. In the past decade, several centers across the world have implemented minimally invasive approaches in donor hepatectomy as well as LT. In donor operations, the robotic platform has been utilized safely to offer several advantages such as reduced pain, shorter hospital length of stay, improved cosmesis while maintaining graft quality and donor safety.
The field of liver transplantation (LT) has evolved rapidly since its conception in 1963. With improvements in surgical techniques and greater understanding of immunosuppression, LT has gained wide popularity in treating end-stage liver disease as well as carefully selected hepatic malignancies. In the past decade, several centers across the world have implemented minimally invasive approaches in donor hepatectomy as well as LT. In donor operations, the robotic platform has been utilized safely to offer several advantages such as reduced pain, shorter hospital length of stay, improved cosmesis while maintaining graft quality and donor safety.