OBJECTIVES: This article reviews the evidence regarding the feasibility, safety, benefits,
limitations, and costs of robotically assisted surgery in children, evaluates how the …

Pediatric robotic surgery offers children a minimally invasive approach with numerous
advantages over open or thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery. However, despite its …

The use of surgical robots in minimally invasive surgery was developed to overcome
difficulties seen with conventional laparoscopic surgery. I report my experience with …

The role of robot-assisted surgery in children remains controversial. This article aims to distil
this debate into an evidence informed decision-making taxonomy; to adopt this technology …

Since the introduction of robotic surgery in children in 2001, it has been employed by select
pediatric laparoscopic surgeons, but not to the degree of adult surgical specialists. It has …

Background The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and feasibility of performing
robot-assisted pediatric surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System in a variety of surgical …

Minimally invasive surgery is increasingly becoming the standard approach to treatment for
pediatric patients. Infants present a technical challenge due to the small size of structures …

Background Robotic surgery is a new technology which may expand the variety of
operations a surgeon can perform with minimally invasive techniques. We present a …

BACKGROUND: Robotic surgery offers technological solutions to current challenges of
minimal access surgery, particularly for delicate and dexterous procedures within spatially …

Some pediatric surgeons may be reluctant to use robotic surgery for small patients because
the only available surgical robot might seem too large for smaller patients. However, we …