Digital Surgery and Telemedicine · 27 September 2024

Virtual collaboration enables safe robotic pancreatoduodenectomy program

A structured robotic pancreatoduodenectomy (rpd) program was successfully initiated with virtual expert collaboration, demonstrating excellent perioperative outcomes. Over 68 patients underwent the procedure from August 2020 to December 2023, achieving a median operative time of 407 minutes, an estimated blood loss of 150 ml, and 90% negative margins. Notably, the operative time significantly decreased in later cases (380 min vs. 441 min, p < 0.01) and conversion rates dropped from 21% to 6%.

Journal Article by Blair AB, Soares KC (…) Wei AC et 4 al. in HPB (Oxford)

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