IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 49 / Issue 11 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog4911246
Open Access Review
New Robotic Platforms for Gynecology. Are We Achieving One of the Golden Goals?
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1 ORSI Academy, 9090 Melle, Belgium
2 Department of Urology, OLV, 9300 Aalst, Belgium
3 Urology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, 1150-199 Lisbon, Portugal
4 Department of Gynecology, Lusiadas Hospital, 1500-458 Lisbon, Portugal
5 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, 20090 Pieve Emanuele, Italy
6 Department of Urology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, 20089 Rozzano, Italy
7 Division of Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
8 Division of Urology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
9 University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
10 Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41121 Modena, Italy
11 Department of Urology & Renal Transplant, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, 110029 New Deli, India
12 San Paolo bachelor School of Nursing, ASST Santo Santi Paolo e Carlo, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
13 Second Department of Urology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
14 Department of Gynecology, Lusíadas Hospital, 1500-458 Lisbon, Portugal
15 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
16 Urological Unit, Department of Health Sciences, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
*Correspondence: ruifarinhaurologia@gmail.com (Rui Farinha)
Academic Editor: Johannes Ott
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2022, 49(11), 246; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4911246
Submitted: 13 May 2022 | Revised: 17 July 2022 | Accepted: 25 July 2022 | Published: 9 November 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Objective: To summarize the scientific published literature on new robotic platforms with potential use in gynecology and review their evolution from inception until the present day. The goal was to describe the current characteristics and possible prospects of these platforms. Mechanism: A non-systematic search of PubMed, Cochrane Library Central, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Scopus databases was conducted to identify scientific literature on new robotic platforms and review their evolution from inception until January 2022. Only English-language publications were included in this analysis. The following keywords were used: “new robotic platforms”, “robot”, “Revo-I”, “Versius®”, “Senhance®”, “Single-Site”, “Single-Port”, “Multi-Port”, “EDGE SP1000”, “Flex®”, and “Hominis®”. Abstract reviews were conducted to determine the relevance of the review aims. Full-text analysis of all relevant English-language original articles was subsequently performed by one author (R.F.) and summarized after discussion with an independent third party (L.S., M.P.). No formal quality assessment of the included studies was conducted. Findings in brief: The Da Vinci robotic system is the leading platform in the robotic surgery market. Other new platforms have published peer-reviewed articles in the field of gynecology. Senhance® and Da Vinci SP® have the most substantial proof of their capacity to perform multi-incision and single-incision robotic surgery, respectively. Hominis® has the potential to play a major role in ultra-minimally invasive and scarless approaches. Conclusions: The significant advantages of Intuitive’s robots justify their worldwide dissemination. However, their drawbacks have motivated other companies to develop innovative solutions. Our research shows that the majority of these new platforms are still at the beginning of their technical and scientific validation but seem very promising.

Keywords
robotic surgery
REVO-I
Versius®
Senhance®
Single-Site
Single-Port
Multi-Port
EDGE SP1000
Flex®
Hominis®
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