Video-robotic aneurysmectomy for splenic artery aneurysm: case report and literature review.

We herein report the case of a symptomatic splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) diagnosed in a 65-year-old woman. Endoluminal exclusion was considered as first option, but the potential risk of postoperative splenic infarction, postsplenectomy thrombocytosis and immunodeficiency in an otherwise healthy patient raised the possibility to carry out a surgical procedure of vascular reconstruction using the robotic device Da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). We performed the resection of the aneurysm and the continuity of the splenic artery was restored by end-to-end anastomosis.

Robotic-assisted approach to Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome with left gastric artery originating directly from the aorta. Report of a case and review of the current mini-invasive treatment modalities.

Background: Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) is a rare clinical condition.

Methods: Through the analysis of a case report and a review of the international literature, we examined whether robotic and laparoscopic MAL release are safe and feasible.

Results: Of 354 and 19 patients who underwent laparoscopic MAL release (LMALr) and robotic-assisted MAL release (RMALr), respectively, conversion to open surgery occurred in 6.

[Traditional esophagectomy and esophago-gastrectomy vs. laparoscopic surgery. Evaluation and results].

The therapeutical choice in patients affected with esophagus disease depends on patients' conditions, as well as on the benign or malignant nature of the lesion. Actually, the surgical option is strongly conditioned by the state of health, particularly, the surgical therapy of resection, that is a mayor kind of surgery, has to value the heavy engagement to which the patient is submitted, meant as a clinical stress, caused by the clinical situation in which the patient can frequently feel: malnutrition, immunological and hematological conditions. It is in this field that the mininvasive surgery can be considered the most important surgical choice.