In 2017, I initiated robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy, hypothesizing it would reduce leakage. My intuition was validated, and now I advocate for insurance coverage to increase access to robotic surgeries.

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The ILLS STC 2024 in Kyoto was a tremendous success, drawing 511 participants from across the globe. The event featured in-depth discussions led by pioneers in robotic hepatectomy, focusing on critical topics such as liver transplantation and robotic surgery for PHC.
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
11/16(土)上尾中央総合病院にて「消化器がん治療におけるロボット手術の役割」がテーマのすこやか教室(一般向けセミナー)が開催されました🏥
高齢の方も手術を諦めずに、体への負担が少ない治療を受けられる最先端医療技術のお話に会場の皆さんも熱心に耳を傾けていました。
#上尾中央総合病院
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
#ILLS2024 has just started!!
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
Sunny day with no clouds in Kyoto☀️
Can’t wait to see my colleagues and friends from all over the world☺️
#ILLS2024
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
Everyone is awake🤗?
First session is getting started at 8AM in Room 1!
#ILLS2024
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
We can feel the excitement from both of the instructors and attendees☺️
Pre-congress hands-on seminar 1 sponsored by Intuitive in Kobe must have been the fruitful one🍇!!
#ILLS2024
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
More photos from hands-on seminar 2 by Integra have arrived📸 #ILLS2024
We can tell how this course was challenging but very informative by the serious faces of the instructors and attendees🔥
They must have learned A LOT by one-on-one tutoring!!
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
Hands-on seminar 3 co-sponsored by AMCO & Medicaroid has just started👌🏼
Hinotori🐦🔥course in Japan where it was invented!!
#ILLS2024
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
The lecture by Prof. Fabrizio di Benedetto and the lecture by Prof.Daniel Cherqui👨🏻🏫
During Hands-on seminar 3 co-sponsored by AMCO & Medicaroid🐦🔥
#ILLS2024
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
🌏We can’t wait to see you all in #ILLS2024 which is going to get started tomorrow!
You can register and check the program & abstracts HERE➡️c-linkage.co.jp/ills-stc2024…
Plz use the hashtag #ILLS2024 to share your experience in Kyoto☺️
Go Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, FACS retweeted
All these international experts for ROBOTIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION🤖 will get together and give us their lectures at #ILLS2024 in #Kyoto on Oct 1st & 2nd
You can still make it to come join us in 🇯🇵!
🤗REGISTER NOW➡️c-linkage.co.jp/ills-stc2024…
Please visit the pre-congress course LINK below. c-linkage.co.jp/ills-stc2024…
We look forward to seeing you in Narita, Kobe, and Kyoto!
The hands-on seminar has already been filled, but as an audience member, you can share the surgical techniques while watching the teaching scene and listening to the comments of Profs. Fabrizio Di Benedetto and Daniel Cherqui. There are still seats available for the audience!












































