Clinical Application of State-of-the-Art Robotic Surgery

A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Surgery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 541

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Interests: surgery of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands; minimally invasive and robotic surgery; surgical oncology; biomedical informatics
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Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce this Special Issue, focused on the "Clinical Application of State-of-the-Art Robotic Surgery". This Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge advancements, share transformative clinical insights, and explore the evolving role of robotic systems in surgical practices across specialties.

We invite researchers, clinicians, and industry experts with experience in robotic surgery to contribute their original studies, reviews, and perspectives. This is an excellent opportunity to highlight your work on an authoritative and collaborative platform dedicated to advancing surgical science and technology.

Join us in shaping a definitive resource that bridges innovation with clinical practice.

Dr. Jin Wook Yi
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Keywords

  • surgery for thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands
  • endoscopic and robotic surgery
  • basic research of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands

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First Experience of Single Port Robotic Areolar (SPRA) Thyroidectomy and Modified Radical Neck Dissection (MRND)
by Myung Ho Shin, Yue Kun Yin, Hilal Hwang, Sun Min Lee and Jin Wook Yi
Medicina 2025, 61(7), 1150; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61071150 - 25 Jun 2025
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Background and Objectives: After introducing the single-port robotic surgical system (da-Vinci SP), thyroid surgeries using da-Vinci SP are becoming more popular. Although many methods have been designed for thyroidectomy using the da-Vinci SP, there are very few reports on methods that can [...] Read more.
Background and Objectives: After introducing the single-port robotic surgical system (da-Vinci SP), thyroid surgeries using da-Vinci SP are becoming more popular. Although many methods have been designed for thyroidectomy using the da-Vinci SP, there are very few reports on methods that can perform not only thyroidectomy but also lateral cervical lymph node dissection. In this study, we want to report the first clinical experience with SPRA-MRND (Single Port Robotic Areolar-Modified Radical Neck dissection), using right breast access. Materials and Methods: From April 2024 to January 2025, a total of 24 robotic MRNDs were performed, of which 11 were SPRA-MRNDs. The remaining 13 were performed using conventional BABA surgery. The two data sets were compared through retrospective medical record analysis. Results: There were no significant differences regarding patient characteristics, pathologic variables and oncologic outcomes between the two groups. However, SPRA group showed significantly shorter operation time (182.1 ± 27.5 vs. 213.1 ± 31.5 min, p = 0.017), higher immediate postoperative calcium level (calcium: 8.7 ± 0.5 vs. 8.0 ± 0.8 mg/dL, p = 0.014) and lower drainage amount (98.1 ± 33.2 vs. 146.4 ± 43.2 mL, p = 0.005). Conclusions: Our initial experience has shown that SPRA-MRND is performed safely. We propose SPRA-MRND as a good method for minimally invasive robotic surgery. Full article
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