On the Spot: Robotics and Hepatopancreatobiliary Resection

I really enjoyed working on this month’s column on the robotic approach because it allowed me to collaborate again with David A. Geller, MD, and Horacio J. Asbun, MD, with whom I have worked on the “ACS Multimedia Atlas of Surgery” series. We first collaborated on this column exactly two years ago, and focused on approaches to liver resection. The robotic approach to hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) resection is an area of surgery rife with debate now, so this month’s column