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Is robot-assisted cholecystectomy better?

Large US database study reveals the pros and cons
Reuters Health
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14 October 2019
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Robot-assisted cholecystectomy appears to be safe, but has no added benefit and is more costly than the traditional laparoscopic procedure, a database study shows.

US researchers compared data from nearly 90,000 laparoscopic cholecystectomies with that for some 2000 robot-assisted procedures.

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