Nguyen Hung Cuong, Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, Vu Ngọc Thang, Nguyen Thu Hoai, Hoang Tho, Phung Quang Thuy, Nguyen Thai Bang.
Objective: Describe surgical techniques and outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to treat some abdominal cavity diseases in Vinmec International General hospital.
Methods: retrospective study on cases of robotic -assisted laparoscopic surgeries in Vinmec International General hospital from December 2017 to August 2018 (the third-generation Da Vinci Robot)
Results: From December 2017 to August 2018, there were 27 patients underwent robotic laparoscopy including 10 males and 17 females. They were 8 Obstetric cases (29,6%), 4 Urology cases (account for 14,8%); 15 cases of the Gastro-intestinal surgery (55,6%). Operating duration lasted from 65 to 312 minutes (median operating duration: 168,89 ± 77,04 minutes). The docking time ranged from 7 to 32 minutes (median docking time: 13,04 ± 5,08 minutes). No mortality case noted during and after surgery. There was 01 case of conversion to open surgery. No blood transfusion was required. Average length of hospital stay: 3,56 ± 1,78 days. Patients were observed from 1 to 8 months. No postoperative complication recorded. Robotic surgery consumables cost from 50-95 million per case
Conclusion : Robotic-assisted surgery is safe and feasible which can be applied in many specialities
