TY - BOOK AU - Fishbein, Thomas M AU - Holzner, Matthew AU - Llore, Nathaly AU - Nguyen, Brian TI - Improving safety of robotic major hepatectomy with extrahepatic inflow control and laparoscopic CUSA parenchymal transection: technical description and initial experience SN - 0930-2794 PY - 2022/// KW - *Laparoscopy KW - *Liver Neoplasms KW - *Robotic Surgical Procedures KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Hepatectomy/mt [Methods] KW - Humans KW - Laparoscopy/mt [Methods] KW - Length of Stay KW - Liver Neoplasms/pa [Pathology] KW - Liver Neoplasms/su [Surgery] KW - Middle Aged KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Robotic Surgical Procedures/mt [Methods] KW - Ultrasonics KW - Young Adult KW - MedStar Washington Hospital Center KW - MedStar General Surgery Residency KW - MedStar Georgetown University Hospital KW - Surgery/Transplantation KW - Transplant Surgery Fellowship KW - Journal Article N2 - BACKGROUND: Blood loss is a major determinant of outcomes following hepatectomy. Robotic technology enables hepatobiliary surgeons to mimic open techniques for inflow control and parenchymal transection during major hepatectomy, increasing the ability to minimize blood loss and perform safe liver resections; CONCLUSION: Advanced techniques to reduce blood loss in robotic hepatectomy may optimize safety and minimize morbidity in these complex minimally invasive procedures. Copyright (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; METHODS: Initial experience of 20 consecutive major robotic hepatectomies from November 2018 to July 2020 at two co-located institutions was reviewed. All cases were performed with extrahepatic inflow control and parenchymal transection with the laparoscopic cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA), and a technical description is illustrated. Clinical characteristics, operative data, and surgical outcomes were retrospectively analyzed; RESULTS: The median (range) patient age was 58 years (20-76) and the majority of 14 (70%) patients were ASA III-IV. There were 12 (60%) resections for malignancy and the median tumor size was 6.2 cm (1.2-14.6). Right or extended right hepatectomy was the most common procedure (12 or 60% of cases). There were 7 (35%) left or extended left hepatectomies and 1 (5%) central hepatectomy. The median operative time was 420 (177-622) minutes. Median estimated blood loss was 300 mL (25-800 mL). One (5%) case was converted to open. Two (10%) patients required blood transfusion. The median length of stay was 3 (1-6) days. Major complications included 1 (5%) Clavien-Dindo IIIa bile leak requiring percutaneous drainage placement. There was no 90-day mortality UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08639-z ER -