Abstract:

Surgical resection is the most effective treatment for benign and low-grade malignant pancreatic tumors. However, classical pancreatectomy constantly requires simultaneous resection of organs surrounding pancreatic tissues, which has the disadvantages of severe trauma, high-risk complications and poor long-term quality of life. In order to preserve organ function as much as possible, multiple organ-preserving pancreatectomy have been widely applied in clinical practice, which mainly include tumor enucleation, central pancreatectomy, spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy and duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection, etc. In recent years, with the advancement of minimally invasive technologies, robotic organ-preserving pancreatectomy has also been carried out in clinical setting. In this article, clinical application status of robotic organ function-preserving pancreatectomy was mainly illustrated.

Key words: Robot-assisted surgical system, Organ function-preserving, Pancreatectomy, Pancreatic benign/low-grade malignant tumor