A Narrative Review of da Vinci Single-Port Versus Multi-Port Robotic Surgery in Elderly or Frail Urological Cancer Patients
Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Vincenzo Cavarra, Giuseppe Pallotta, Francesco Rossi, Nicoletta Testori, Simone Assumma, Enrico Panio, Filippo Turri, Carlo Gandi, Giuseppe Palermo, Mauro Ragonese, Pierluigi Russo, Nazario Foschi, Filippo Gavi, Giuseppe Colloca, Luca Tagliaferri, Chiara Ciccarese, Roberto Iacovelli, Angelo Totaro, Marco Racioppi, Bernardo Rocco · 2026
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Sighinolfi and a large team review in this 2026 narrative review whether single-port robotic surgery helps elderly or frail patients with prostate and kidney cancers. The newer da Vinci single-port system works through one small incision instead of several. It can often reach the target organ without entering the abdominal cavity. It also avoids tilting the patient steeply head-down. Both traits are advantages for fragile bodies.
Only three studies have directly compared single-port with standard multi-port robots in this population, and the reviewers summarize them cautiously. Those reports describe fewer early complications and shorter hospital stays, with faster recovery on the single-port approach, with the largest gains in the frailest patients. All three studies were retrospective, however, and most changed the access route along with the robot, so credit cannot be assigned cleanly. The authors frame the benefit as an early signal needing confirmation.
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| CREATOR | Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Vincenzo Cavarra, Giuseppe Pallotta, Francesco Rossi, Nicoletta Testori, Simone Assumma, Enrico Panio, Filippo Turri, Carlo Gandi, Giuseppe Palermo, Mauro Ragonese, Pierluigi Russo, Nazario Foschi, Filippo Gavi, Giuseppe Colloca, Luca Tagliaferri, Chiara Ciccarese, Roberto Iacovelli, Angelo Totaro, Marco Racioppi, Bernardo Rocco |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |