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Review
. 2023 Aug 6;13(8):1233.
doi: 10.3390/jpm13081233.

State of the Art in Robotic Surgery with Hugo RAS System: Feasibility, Safety and Clinical Applications

Francesco Prata  1 , Alberto Ragusa  1 , Claudia Tempesta  2 , Andrea Iannuzzi  1 , Francesco Tedesco  1 , Loris Cacciatore  1 , Gianluigi Raso  1 , Angelo Civitella  1 , Piergiorgio Tuzzolo  1 , Pasquale Callè  1 , Matteo Pira  1 , Matteo Pino  1 , Marco Ricci  1 , Marco Fantozzi  1 , Salvatore M Prata  3 , Umberto Anceschi  4 , Giuseppe Simone  4 , Roberto M Scarpa  1 , Rocco Papalia  1
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Review

State of the Art in Robotic Surgery with Hugo RAS System: Feasibility, Safety and Clinical Applications

Francesco Prata et al. J Pers Med. .

Abstract

Since its introduction in the early 2000s, robotic surgery has represented a significative innovation within a minimally invasive surgery approach. A variety of robotic platforms have been made available throughout the years, and the outcomes related to those platforms have been described in the literature for many types of surgeries. Medtronic's HugoTM RAS system is one of the newest robotic generations launched, but because of its recent placing on the field, comprehensive clinical data are still lacking. The aim of the present state of the art is to address the current literature concerning the use of the HugoTM RAS robot in order to report its feasibility, safety and clinical applications in different surgical branches. Two reviewers independently conducted a search on the "PubMed" electronic database, using the keywords "Hugo" and "Hugo RAS". After the initial screening of 35 results, a total of 15 articles concerning the Hugo RAS system were selected for the review, including both oncological and benign surgery. Patients' demographic and baseline data were compared including, when available, docking system times, complications and oncological outcomes in the fields of urologic, gynecologic and general surgery. With reference to urological procedures, a total of 156 robot-assisted radical prostatectomies, 10 robot-assisted partial nephrectomies, and 5 robot-assisted adrenalectomies were performed, involving a total of 171 patients. The surgical branch in which the Hugo system found its major application was urology, which was followed by gynecology and general surgery. The Hugo RAS system by Medtronic represents an innovative and safe surgical platform, with excellent perspective for the future and different clinical applications in many surgical branches. More studies are needed to validate the safety and results from this new robotic platform.

Keywords: Hugo RAS; Medtronic; minimally invasive; review; state of the art.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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