George DeNoto

Robotic-assisted single-incision right colectomy: early experience.

Application of laparoendoscopic single‐site surgery (LESS) is increasing across surgical disciplines. In addition to the possibility of decreased postoperative pain, LESS offers better cosmesis with virtually ‘scarless’ surgeries, while avoiding the increased costs and complexity of natural orifice surgery. Instrument conflict minimization often requires the crossing of articulating instruments, which we believe can be more intuitively facilitated using the daVinci‐S® robotic system. We describe our early experience with three robotic single‐incision right hemicolectomies.

Concurrent robotic trans‐abdominal pre‐peritoneal (TAP) herniorrhaphy during robotic‐assisted radical prostatectomy

Robotic prostatectomy (RP) is now increasingly performed because it allows for precise dissection of neurovascular structures with better outcomes. It is estimated that 5–12% of candidates for radical prostatectomy have detectable inguinal hernias, and simultaneous mesh hernioplasty is now well supported. A disadvantage of radical prostatectomy is obliteration of the preperitoneal space of Bogros, which can make future totally extraperitoneal (TEP) herniorrhaphy difficult and prone to complication.