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Robotic-Assisted Bariatric Surgery

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Abstract

Intuitive Surgical, Inc., United States of America obtained the Food and Drug Administration approval in 2000 and introduced the da Vinci ™ robot system in the United States providing an alternative platform for performing minimally invasive surgery. The system offers enhanced three-dimensional vision and wrist-like articulating instrumentation providing ergonomic and technical advantages to the surgeon. Soon after its introduction, da Vinci ™ system has been used for complex abdominal operations including bariatric procedures. Its use has now been described for all primary bariatric operations. It is also finding increased use in revisional bariatric surgery.

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The authors are grateful to Brandon V. Henry, Vivek Bindal and Erica Podolsky for their work in producing this chapter in the first edition of the book.

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Sudan, R., Juo, Y.Y. (2023). Robotic-Assisted Bariatric Surgery. In: Agrawal, S. (eds) Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60596-4_38

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