Abstract
Drawing on their experience, the authors reflect on the current options of robot-assisted vascular surgery. Applied methods: The robotic vascular surgery team has proposed surgical procedures for individual types of vascular reconstructions.
The surgeons succeeded in finding both the most favourable port placement to allow comfortable use of the robotic system, and in modifying the currently used transperitoneal approach. Results: There has been no mortality in the presented group; in four cases (2.7 %) it was necessary to convert to classical surgery.
Four patients (2.7 %) suffered post-operative complications. A technical fault of the robotic equipment occurred in one case (0.7 %), and in one case (0.7 %) it was necessary to withdraw from the intervention due to an inoperable finding on the aorta.
Conclusion: From a practical point of view, the greatest benefit of robotics is the speed of performing a vascular anastomosis.