In 2014, a study was published in Annals of Surgical Oncology by BH Lang et al. titled “A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing Surgically-Related Complications between Robotic-Assisted Thyroidectomy and Conventional Open Thyroidectomy.” that aimed to determine the relative safety of robotic-assisted by conventional thyroidectomy.

For this study, researchers reviewed 11 previously-conducted studies and

An article published in the January-February, 2014 edition of Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery titled “Pneumomediastinum after robotic sacrocolpopexy.” reviews a case of pneumomediastinum in a woman who underwent robot-assisted surgery for the repair of posthysterectomy prolapse.  The team writes “Pneumomediastinum is a rare but potential complication of laparoscopy that is related

A recent article published in the January 2014 edition of Obstetrics and Gynecology titled “Robotic compared with laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy: a randomized controlled trial.” lives up to its title and compares the safety and efficacy of robot-assisted to traditional sacrocolpoplexy.

The team, led by JT Anger, writes “Laparoscopic and robotic sacrocolpopexy are widely used

In 2014, an article by AM Coker et al. titled “Outcomes of robotic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation.” in Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques aimed to “determine if [robotic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy (RATE)] could be performed safely with good outcomes for esophageal cancer in a more recent series of

An article published earlier this month (February 2014) titled “Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Robotic vs Conventional Thyroidectomy Approaches for Thyroid Disease.” by GH Sun et al. in Otolaryngology provides us with helpful insight into the relative safety and efficacy of surgical robots, which have become increasingly prevalent in the modern operating room