Importance This review provides a comprehensive comparison of treatment outcomes
between robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RLS) and conventional laparoscopic surgery …

Background: Use of robot-assisted surgery has increased dramatically since its advent in the
1980s, and nearly all surgical subspecialties have adopted it. However, whether it has …

Background The current evidence is inconclusive on whether robotic or laparoscopic
surgery is the optimal platform for minimally invasive surgery. Existing comparisons …

Background Laparoscopic surgery changed the management of numerous surgical
conditions. It was associated with many advantages over open surgery, such as decreased …

Background Robotic platforms have recently acquired progressive importance in different
surgical fields, such as urology, gynecology, and general surgery. Through the years, new …

Studies of laparoscopic approaches in colorectal surgery support the use of such methods.
Compared with the open approach, laparoscopy reduces rates of postoperative …

Background Robotic surgery, an emerging technology, has some potential advantages in
many complicated endoscopic procedures compared with laparoscopic surgery. But robot …

Benign gallbladder diseases are common in surgery department, and the laparoscopic
cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard procedure for benign diseases of gallbladder …

Results SPORS involved a longer median operative time than MPLS (232 vs. 155 min, p=
0.009). There were no apparent differences in the time before diet tolerance, length of …

Background Rapid adoption of robotic-assisted general surgery procedures, particularly for
cholecystectomy, continues while questions remain about its benefits and utility. The …