Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approach of Bai-Jiang-style vagus nerve-preserving splenectomy and azygoportal disconnection

• Published in: Updates in surgery Vol. 74; no. 5; pp. 1773 - 1780
• Main Authors: Bai, Dou-Sheng, Jin, Sheng-Jie, Xiang, Xiao-Xing, Qian, Jian-Jun, Zhang, Chi, Zhou, Bao-Huan, Jiang, Guo-Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications; Esophageal and Gastric Varices - surgery; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - complications; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - surgery; Humans; Hypersplenism - complications; Hypersplenism - surgery; Hypertension, Portal - complications; Hypertension, Portal - surgery; Laparoscopy - methods; Liver Cirrhosis - surgery; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Retrospective Studies; Robotic Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Splenectomy - methods; Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Vagus Nerve; Splenectomy; Laparoscopy; Azygoportal disconnection; Liver cirrhosis; Robotic; Portal hypertension

Robotic surgery has been widely accepted in many kinds of surgical procedures. Little is known about clinical effects of robotic-assisted splenectomy and azygoportal disconnection (RSD) for gastroesophageal variceal bleeding and secondary hypersplenism owing to cirrhotic portal hypertension. The aim...