<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE root>
<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Pediatric Surgery</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Pediatric Surgery</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Детская хирургия</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1560-9510</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2412-0677</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">844</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/ps844</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Case reports</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Клинические случаи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Robot-assisted appendectomy in a child — a case report</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Робот-ассистированная аппендэктомия у ребёнка — демонстрация клинического наблюдения</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2313-897X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3682-0832</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kozlov</surname><given-names>Yury A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Козлов</surname><given-names>Юрий Андреевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Professor, Corresponding Member of the RAS</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук, профессор, член-корр. РАН</p></bio><email>yuriherz@hotmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7922-7600</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Rozhanski</surname><given-names>Alexander P.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рожанский</surname><given-names>Александр Павлович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD</p></bio><email>alexanderozhanski@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-6687</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">4600-4071</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Makarochkina</surname><given-names>Marina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Макарочкина</surname><given-names>Марина Валериевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD</p></bio><email>m.makarochkina@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5470-7384</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sapukhin</surname><given-names>Eduard V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сапухин</surname><given-names>Эдуард Владимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD</p></bio><email>sapukhin@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1911-4468</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Strashinsky</surname><given-names>Alexey S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Страшинский</surname><given-names>Алексей Сергеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD</p></bio><email>leksus-642@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0340-1186</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ryakhina</surname><given-names>Anna O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ряхина</surname><given-names>Анна Олеговна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>romahka.yansa@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-811X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Barakin</surname><given-names>Alexander O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Баракин</surname><given-names>Александр Олегович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>pacemaker@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9767-0454</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Marchuk</surname><given-names>Andrey A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Марчук</surname><given-names>Андрей Алексеевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD</p></bio><email>maa-ped20@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0942-557X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Grigorev</surname><given-names>Evgeni G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Григорьев</surname><given-names>Евгений Георгиевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>grigorjevzhenechka@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Irkutsk State Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Детская областная клиническая больница, Иркутск</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Иркутская государственная медицинская академия последипломного образования</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Irkutsk State Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Иркутский государственный медицинский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff4"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Irkutsk State Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Детская областная клиническая больница, Иркутск</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2025-02-26" publication-format="electronic"><day>26</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-03-17" publication-format="electronic"><day>17</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>33</fpage><lpage>40</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-12-15"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2024</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-02-11"><day>11</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" start_date="2026-03-17"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://jps-nmp.ru/jour/article/view/844">https://jps-nmp.ru/jour/article/view/844</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND</bold>: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical pathology requiring emergency intervention in children worldwide. The gold standard in the treatment of the disease is laparoscopic appendectomy. At the same time, advances in technology increasingly incline specialists to the introduction of robotic systems in surgical practice. This fact once again confirms the importance of research aimed at determining the feasibility of using robot-assisted appendectomy in emergency surgery in children.</p> <p><bold>CLINICAL CASE DESCRIPTION</bold>: The authors made a retrospective review of the medical history of a child with acute appendicitis. A 11-year-old boy was admitted to the Irkutsk State Regional Children's Clinical Hospital with abdominal pain in the right iliac region. At the time of admission, disease duration was 20 hours. For surgery, the Versius robot manufactured by CMR company (UK) was used. Robot-assisted appendectomy followed the same principles as those used in open or laparoscopic approaches: (1) appendix exposure, (2) mesoappendix bipolar coagulation, (3) appendix removal using an endoscopic mechanical stapler.</p> <p>The total surgical time was 30 minutes, out of which the robot installation time was 10 minutes and the main console time was 20 minutes. The entire procedure was performed completely intracorporally and without conversion to laparoscopic or open surgery. There were no any intraoperative problems and complications. The surgery was successful. Patient’s enteral feeding started on the same day after the surgery. He was discharged from the hospital on Day 3 day after the surgery. Ultrasound of the abdominal cavity, performed 1 month later, did not reveal any signs of abnormalities observed at this age. The patient did not complain of any digestive problems during the entire observation period for 3 months after the surgery.</p> <p><bold>CONCLUSION</bold>: Robotic appendectomy has its advantages and disadvantages in the treatment of acute appendicitis. Robotics provides faster postoperative recovery of patients, but requires longer time for surgery; besides, it is an expensive surgical intervention. However, over time the robot-assisted appendectomy may become a cost-effective one that will be successfully used by all surgeons, as it happened with laparoscopic appendectomy several decades ago.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование</bold>. Острый аппендицит является наиболее частой хирургической патологией, требующей неотложного вмешательства у детей во всем мире. Золотым стандартом в лечении заболевания является лапароскопическая аппендэктомия. Вместе с тем прогресс технологий все больше склоняет специалистов к внедрению роботизированных систем в хирургическую практику. Данный факт ещё раз подтверждает важность исследований, направленных на определение целесообразности использования робот-ассистированной аппендэктомии в экстренной хирургии у детей.</p> <p><bold>Описание клинического случая</bold>. Мы провели ретроспективный обзор истории болезни ребёнка с острым аппендицитом. Мальчик в возрасте 11 лет поступил в Иркутскую государственную областную детскую клиническую больницу с болевым абдоминальным синдромом в правой подвздошной области. На момент поступления длительность заболевания составила 20 ч. Операция выполнена с помощью робота Versius производства компании CMR (Великобритания). Робот-ассистированная аппендэктомия следовала тем же принципам, что соблюдаются при использовании открытого или лапароскопического доступа: (1) экспозиция червеобразного отростка, (2) биполярная коагуляция брыжейки, (3) удаление отростка с использованием эндоскопического механического степлера.</p> <p>Общее время операции составило 30 мин, из них время инсталляции робота — 10 мин, основное консольное время — 20 мин. Вся процедура выполнена полностью интракорпорально и без конверсии в лапароскопическую или открытую операцию. Операция проведена удачно, без интраоперационных трудностей и осложнений. Кормление пациента начато в тот же день после операции. Пациент выписан из отделения на 3-й день после операции. Ультразвуковое исследование брюшной полости, проведённое через 1 мес после операции, не выявило признаков отклонений от нормы, наблюдаемых в этом возрасте. Пациент не предъявлял жалоб со стороны органов пищеварения в течение всего периода наблюдения — 3 мес после операции.</p> <p><bold>Заключение</bold>. Роботическая аппендэктомия имеет свои преимущества и недостатки при лечении острого аппендицита. Робототехника обеспечивает более быстрое послеоперационное восстановление пациента, но требует больше времени для выполнения операции и является дорогостоящей. С течением времени робот-ассистированная аппендэктомия может стать экономически эффективной процедурой, которая будет успешно использоваться всеми хирургами, как это произошло с лапароскопической аппендэктомией несколько десятилетий назад.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>robot-assisted surgery</kwd><kwd>acute appendicitis</kwd><kwd>children</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>робот-ассистированная хирургия</kwd><kwd>острый аппендицит</kwd><kwd>дети</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Rey R, Gualtieri R, La Scala G, Posfay Barbe K. Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis and Management of Appendicitis in Pediatric Departments: A Systematic Review. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2024;34(5):385–391. doi: 10.1055/a-2257-5122</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Lee WH, O’Brien S, McKinnon E, et al. Study of pediatric appendicitis scores and management strategies: A prospective observational feasibility study. Acad Emerg Med. 2024;31(11):1089–1099. doi: 10.1111/acem.14985</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Froehlich M, Karunungan K, Jen HC, et al. Non-Operative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children: Can Patients Be Discharged From the Emergency Department? J Pediatr Surg. 2024:161643. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.07.028</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B4"><label>4.</label><mixed-citation>Adams SE, Perera MRS, Fung S, et al. Non-operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis in children: a randomized, controlled, non-inferiority study evaluating safety and efficacy. ANZ J Surg. 2024;94(9):1569–1577. doi: 10.1111/ans.19119</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B5"><label>5.</label><mixed-citation>Reddy S, Tote D, Zade A, et al. Comparative Analysis of Robotic-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Review Cureus. 2024;16(6):e63488. doi: 10.7759/cureus.63488</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B6"><label>6.</label><mixed-citation>Orcutt ST, Anaya DA, Malafa M. Minimally invasive appendectomy for resection of appendiceal mucocele: Case series and review of the literature. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017;37:13–16. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.05.027</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B7"><label>7.</label><mixed-citation>Arang H, El Boghdady M. Robotic Appendicectomy: A review of feasibility. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2023;23(4):440–446. doi: 10.18295/squmj.7.2023.043</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B8"><label>8.</label><mixed-citation>Alqahtani A, Albassam A, Zamakhshary M, et al. Robot-assisted pediatric surgery: how far can we go? World J Surg. 2010;34(5):975–978. doi: 10.1007/s00268-010-0431-6</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B9"><label>9.</label><mixed-citation>Bütter A, Merritt N, Dave S. Establishing a pediatric robotic surgery program in Canada. J Robot Surg. 2017;11(2):207–210. doi: 10.1007/s11701-016-0646-0</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B10"><label>10.</label><mixed-citation>Becker T, DeLeon G, Rao V, Pei KY. A comparison of outcomes between laparoscopic and robotic appendectomy among ACS-NSQIP hospitals. Laparosc Endosc Robot Surg. 2023, 6:39–42. doi: 10.1016/j.lers.2023.04.003</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B11"><label>11.</label><mixed-citation>Alemzadeh H, Raman J, Leveson N, et al. Adverse Events in Robotic Surgery: A Retrospective Study of 14 Years of FDA Data. PLoS One. 2016;11(4):e0151470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151470</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B12"><label>12.</label><mixed-citation>Shen LT, Tou J. Application and prospects of robotic surgery in children: a scoping review. World J Pediatr Surg. 2022;5(4):e000482. doi: 10.1136/wjps-2022-000482</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B13"><label>13.</label><mixed-citation>Mei H, Tang S. Robotic-assisted surgery in the pediatric surgeons’ world: Current situation and future prospectives. Front Pediatr. 2023;11:1120831. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1120831</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B14"><label>14.</label><mixed-citation>Lunardi N, Abou-Zamzam A, Florecki KL, et al. Robotic Technology in Emergency General Surgery Cases in the Era of Minimally Invasive Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2024;159(5):493–499. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.0016</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B15"><label>15.</label><mixed-citation>Myla K, Bou-Ayash N, Kim WC, et al. Is implementation of robotic-assisted procedures in acute care general surgery cost-effective? J Robot Surg. 2024;18(1):223. doi: 10.1007/s11701-024-01912-y</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B16"><label>16.</label><mixed-citation>Rifai AO, Rembetski EM, Stutts LC, et al. Retrospective analysis of operative time and time to discharge for laparoscopic vs robotic approaches to appendectomy and cholecystectomy. J Robot Surg. 2023;17(5):2187–2193. doi: 10.1007/s11701-023-01632-9</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B17"><label>17.</label><mixed-citation>Akl MN, Magrina JF, Kho RM, Magtibay PM. Robotic appendectomy in gynaecological surgery: technique and pathological findings. Int J Med Robot. 2008;4(3):210–213. doi: 10.1002/rcs.198</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B18"><label>18.</label><mixed-citation>Kelkar D, Borse MA, Godbole GP, et al. Interim safety analysis of the first-in-human clinical trial of the Versius surgical system, a new robot-assisted device for use in minimal access surgery. Surg Endosc. 2021;35(9):5193–5202. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-08014-4</mixed-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>
