Robotic surgery is a rapidly expanding technology that has found a niche in multiple different surgical specialties worldwide.
Although robotic-assisted surgery shows some short-term benefits surrounding the direct perioperative period, it has fairly equivalent long-term outcomes when compared to open surgery.
Robotic surgery is generally safe with low overall complication rates, but adding the robot to the surgical equation inserts another potential entry point for error into an already complex and risk-fraught arena.
In general, surgical outcomes are ultimately a direct manifestation of the skill and experience of the surgeon, not the technology or approach used