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Although a lot of hepatobiliary centers worldwide are already experienced in robotic liver surgery,
more and larger studies are necessary to define its real benefits compared with laparoscopy, in order to
standardize patient selection criteria and its use.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Designed and performed the research: Ruzzenente A, Alaimo L
Collected the data: Conci S, Bagante F
Analyzed the data: Campagnaro T, Pedrazzani C
Supervised the work: Ruzzenente A, Guglielmi A
Wrote and finally approved the manuscript: Ruzzenente A, Alaimo L, Conci S, Bagante F, Campagnaro T,
Pedrazzani C, Guglielmi A

Availability of data and materials
A search of the current literature on robotic liver surgery was conducted in PubMed, Medline, PMC and
Google Scholar databases.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
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Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.

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