Today is my pre op visit with my doctor, the nurse stated he going to use the DaVinci robotics vs laparoscopic. Has anyone had it done by Robotic any input, thoughts and comments are welcome. Or any questions I should ask the dr.

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I think the answer to this question is it depends. I think for a sleeve you'd be better off having it done laparscopically. The Da Vinci only has 30 and 45mm staples which don't come with seamguard reinforcements and the literature behind their staples doesn't have sufficient long term data

The bypass doesn't need reinforcements as the critical part of the procedure is the anastamosis and the surgeon suturing is what's important. And the Da Vinci offers benefits for the surgeon when it comes to suturing especially the 3D vision , so I think it's good for that.

Ultimately I think the most important thing is how many and how often your surgeon does this case with the robot. If he does 100+ robotic bypasses a year and has for years I think the Da Vinci will be better. If the surgeon had done not many or doesn't do them often, I think it'll be worse for you.

And I don't think at this time having the sleeve robitically is a benefit to a patient, a bypass on the other hand it could be if the surgeon has done plenty.

And ive assisted with thousands of robotics cases