Robotic general surgery
Robot-assisted cholecystectomy, hernia repair and colorectal surgery.
Key point
Robotic-assisted surgery was associated with a modestly shorter hospital stay and similar complications, readmissions, and reoperations versus laparoscopy in obese colorectal cancer patients.
From: Robotic-assisted versus standard laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in obese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Comput Assist Surg (Abingdon), 2026 Dec) ↗Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 133, 157, 189, 231, 245.
New guidelines and consensus this year
All papers from the last 12 months
1,074 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Robot assisted end-to-end hand-sewn anastomosis after segmental colectomy for transverse and splenic flexure tumors: A preliminary cohort studySurg Open Sci2026 DecPMID 42859774
- Carbon dioxide laparoscopic technology: research hotspots and innovations in pneumoperitoneum detectionMed Gas Res2026 Dec 1PMID 41888042Review
- Robotic-assisted versus standard laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in obese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysisComput Assist Surg (Abingdon)2026 DecPMID 41454717Meta-analysisSystematic review
- Surgical Skill Transference: Independent Development of Complex Technical Skills Across Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Platforms in Residency TrainingJ Surg Educ2026 NovPMID 42815057
- A Competency-Based Robotic Surgery Curriculum for General Surgery Training ProgramsJ Surg Educ2026 NovPMID 42727304
- Robotic March Madness: A Gamified Approach to Enhancing Resident Engagement in Robotic Surgical SimulationJ Surg Educ2026 NovPMID 42727302
- Robotic Surgery in Acute Care: Development of an Educational Pathway and Single-Institution OutcomesAm Surg2026 Oct 16PMID 42887885
- Correction: Staying minimally invasive: robotic versus laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery in a propensity-weighted Italian multicentre cohortJ Robot Surg2026 Oct 16PMID 42886270
- Prior abdominal surgery characteristics predict adhesion phenotype and adhesiolysis in robotic colorectal cancer resection while preserving short-term outcomesSurg Endosc2026 Oct 15PMID 42881315
- Incidence of parastomal hernia after open versus minimally invasive surgery: a comparative systematic reviewSurg Endosc2026 Oct 15PMID 42881314
More general surgery trends
All specialties →Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
Perioperative care pathways designed to speed recovery.
AI and surgical video
Computer vision and AI applied to surgical video and intraoperative decisions.
Prehabilitation
Exercise, nutrition and psychological preparation before surgery.
Neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer
Chemotherapy or chemoradiation before surgery for pancreatic cancer.
Key point: After induction chemotherapy, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is used for borderline tumours to increase chances of complete resection, though survival benefit has not been demonstrated.
Antibiotics for appendicitis
Treating uncomplicated appendicitis with antibiotics instead of surgery.
Key point: Non-operative management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis was associated with high long-term failure rates and significant risk of subsequent appendectomy.
ICG fluorescence-guided surgery
Indocyanine green imaging during surgery to assess perfusion and anatomy.
Key point: FIGS with ICG is recommended for detecting non-regional metastases, identifying primary cancers and GI cancer lymph nodes, and assessing esophageal and left-sided colorectal anastomosis quality.
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
robotic[tiab] AND (cholecystectomy[tiab] OR hernia[tiab] OR colectomy[tiab] OR colorectal[tiab] OR "general surgery"[tiab])Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.