Table 1. Recent studies on robotic liver donor hepatectomy: procedures, vascular anatomy and recipient complications.
| Authors | N. | Period | Procedure | Type of study | Donor vascular anatomy | Recipient complications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portal | Arterial | Bile ducts | Veins | ||||||
| Troisi et al. (62) | 25 | ‘18–‘19 | LLS | Retrospective | No variation | Double 1 (4%) | Double in 7 (28%) | N.a. | Overall: 18 (72%) |
| Infection: 10 (40%) most common | |||||||||
| Biliary leak: 1 (4%) | |||||||||
| Re-LT: 0 (0%) | |||||||||
| Perioperative death: 1 (4%) | |||||||||
| Rho et al. (63) | 52 | ‘16–‘19 | RH | Retrospective | No variation 46 (88.5%) | No variation 46 (88.5%) | No variation 38 (73.1%) | Number of Rt. inf. HV (≥5 mm) | Major complication (Grade III): 13 (24.9%) |
| Trifurcation 4 (7.7%) | LHA from LGA 3 (5.8%) | Trifurcation with a common confluence of right posterior and anterior 9 (17.3%) | 0: 22 (42.3%) | Biliary problem: 7 (13.5%) | |||||
| RAPV from LPV 2 (3.8%) | RHA from SMA 2 (3.8%) | RPHD drains into LHD 2 (3.8%) | 1: 16 (30.8%) | 30-d mortality: 1 (1.9%) | |||||
| Accessory LHA from LGA 1 (1.9%) | RPHD drains directly into the CHD 2 (3.8%) | 2: 13 (25.0%) | |||||||
| Branch of LHD drain into RHD 1 (1.9%) | 3: 1 (1.9%) | ||||||||
| Chen et al. (64) | 13 | ‘13–‘15 | RH | Retrospective | RAPV from the proximal LPV 1 (7.6%) | Middle HA 2 (15.3%) | Trifurcation 1 (7.6%) | No | Grade I and II: 0 (0%) |
| Replaced RHA from SMA 2 (15.3%) | Early bifurcation of the right intrahepatic duct 1 (7.6%) | Grade III and IV: 2 (15.3%) | |||||||
| Hepatic artery thrombosis: 1 (7.6%) | |||||||||
| Broering et al. (65) | 35 | ‘15–‘19 | RH | Retrospective | N.a. | Double arterial supply 3 (8.6%) | Two or more BDs 15 (43%) | N.a. | Overall: 17 (49%) |
| I e II: 5 (14%) | |||||||||
| III e V: 12 (34%); sepsis: 8 (23%) | |||||||||
| Re-LT: 1 (3%) | |||||||||
LLS, left lateral sectionectomy; RH, right hepatectomy; RAPV, right anterior portal vein; LPV, left portal vein; N.a., not applicable; LHA, left hepatic artery; LGA, left gastric artery; RHA, right hepatic artery; SMA, superior mesenteric artery; HA, hepatic artery; RPHD, right posterior hepatic duct; LHD, left hepatic duct; CHD, common hepatic duct; RHD, right hepatic duct; BD, bile duct; Rt. inf., right inferior; HV, hepatic vein; LT, liver transplant.