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A PURE ROBOTIC DONOR RIGHT HEPATECTOMY- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
jayapala reddy Velagala*, BINOJ S T, Shweta Mallick, Krishnanunni Nair, Johns S. Mathew, Christi Titus V, Biju Chandran, Ramachandran Menon, Unnikrishnan G, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Sudheer OV, Sudhindran S
department of Gastrointestinal,vascular & multivisceral transplant surgery, Amrita institute of medical sciences, Kochi, India

Pure Robotic donor right hepatectomy is performed only by a handful of centres around the world.We are doing Robotic right donor hepatectomies for last two years.In Select patients and with experienced team pure robotic right donor hepatectomy is safe and feasible.This operative video demonstrating surgical technique as follows-Right lobe mobilisation, Defining Right hepatic vein and IVC, Hilar dissection, Marking the demarcation line,Parenchymal transection using robotic instruments,Assistant port is used for minimal usage of CUSA/Suction, Robotic suture closure of bile duct opening,Hemolocks and stapplers for final vascular transection, Delivering Graft through pfannensteil incision.


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