Table 1.
Current literature focusing on robotic surgery used for paediatric oncology surgery.
| References | Type of study | Number of patients | Mean age (years) | Pathologies included | Mean total operative time | Conversion rate | Mean days of hospitalisation | Robotic system |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanc et al. (4) | Prospective observational study | 89 | 8.2 | Neuroblastomas (n = 18) Ganglioneuroblastomas (n = 4) Ganglioneuromas (n = 9) Wilms' tumours (n = 20) Neuroendocrine tumours (n = 12) Adrenal tumours (n = 9) Germ-cell tumours (n = 7) Pancreatic tumours (n = 4) Thymic tumours (n = 4) Inflammatory myofibroblastic (n = 4) Different rare tumours (n = 5) |
215 min | 8% | 3 | NA |
| Meehan et al. (5) | Retrospective study | 14 | NA | Neuroblastoma (n = 3) Ovarian teratoma (n = 1) Abdominal lymphangioma (n = 1) Retroperitoneal tumour (n = 1) Pancreatic tumour (n = 1) Mediastinal germ cell tumour (n = 1) Mediastinal teratoma (n = 1) Posterior mediastinal mass (n = 2) Not specified abdominal tumour (n = 1) Pheochromocytoma (n = 1) Mediastinal inflammatory mass (n = 1) |
NA | 29% | NA | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Meignan et al. (6) | Multicenter retrospective study | 11 | 7.65 | Nephroblastoma (n = 1) Metanephric adenoma (n = 1) Neuroblastomas (n = 3) Pheochromocytomas (n = 2) Adrenocortical adenomas (n = 2) Cystic lymphangioma (n = 1) Paraganglioma (n = 1) Pancreatic cyst (n = 1) |
145 min | 8.3% | 3 | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Blanc et al. (7) | Prospective study | 10 | 5 | Wilms tumour (n = 8) Renal sarcoma (n = 1) Renal tubulopapillary carcinoma (n = 1) |
270 min | 30% | 5.6 | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Varda et al. (8) | Retrospective study | 8 | 12.5 | Papillary renal cell carcinoma (n = 1) Segmental cystic dysplasia (n = 2) Benign heterologous tissue with nephrogenic rests (n = 1) Embryonal non-seminomatous germ cell tumour (n = 1) Rhabdomyosarcoma (n = 1) Ganglioneuroma (n = 1) Unclassified spindle cell sarcoma (n = 1) |
277 min (PN) 540 min (RPLND) |
0 | 3.7 | NA |
| Meehan et al. (9) | Case reports | 5 | 9.8 | Ganglioneuroma (n = 1) Ganglioneuroblastoma (n = 1) Teratoma (n = 1) Germ cell tumour (n = 1) Large inflammatory mass (n = 1) |
113 min | 0 | 1.4 | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Navarrete Arellano and Garibay González (10) | Prospective, observational, longitudinal study | 4 | 4.7 | Mediastinal teratoma (n = 1) Retroperitoneal lipoma (n = 1) Pheochromocytoma (n = 1) Not specified (n = 1) |
NA | NA | NA | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Cost et al. (11) | Case report | 1 | 14 | Renal cell carcinoma | 180 min | 0 | 2 | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Hassan et al. (12) | Case report | 1 | 16 | Left ventricular myxoma | NA | 0 | 3 | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
| Akar et al. (13) | Case report | 1 | 15 | Cystic adenomyoma | NA | 0 | NA | NA |
| Backes et al. (14) | Case report | 1 | 18 | Mullerian rhabdomyosarcoma | 315 min | 0 | 5 | NA |
| Anderberg et al. (15) | Case report | 1 | 1.8 | Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma | Min | 0 | NA | Da Vinci system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) |
NA, not available; PN, partial nephrectomy; RPLND, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.