The birth of robots in surgery and the idea of telepresence arose from necessity. One of the
factors that drove these innovations was the need to provide surgical services to soldiers in …

Background Aim of our study was to review the current evidence on single port robot-
assisted radical prostatectomy (SP-RARP) and SP robot-assisted simple prostatectomy (SP …

Background Pure single-site robot-assisted extraperitoneal prostatectomy (EPP) using a
single-port (SP) robotic platform has been shown to be feasible and safe in previous …

Background Use of the single-port da Vinci SP robotic platform for various urological
procedures has been described by several groups. However, the comparative performance …

Objective: The da Vinci single-port (SP) platform represents the latest innovation in
minimally invasive urologic surgery, and the adoption of this technology by urologists is …

Background: Single-port robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy has been reported as a safe
and feasible technique. However, recent studies comparing single-port versus multiple-port …

Background In the era of efficient value-based health care, each surgical innovation should
be proven to be cost-effective for the patient and the hospital administration. Objective To …

Objective: To report early institutional experience with the single-port robotic platform and
compare perioperative outcomes between single-port robot-assisted partial nephrectomies …

The goal of this study was to quantify and compare prospective self-reported intraoperative
workload and teamwork during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for multi-port da …

Evidence supporting the safe use of the single-port (SP) robot for partial nephrectomy is
scarce. The purpose of this study was to compare perioperative outcomes for patients …