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This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of robotic-assisted resection of choledochal cysts in infants aged less than 3 months. Methods: A total of 73 infants with choledochal cysts who were admitted to the Department of General Surgery, Children\u2019s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, between April 2019 and December 2025 were included. The patients were divided into a robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) group (n = 39) and a laparoscopic-assisted surgery (LAS) group (n = 34). Clinical data, including demographic information, laboratory indexes, surgical data, and prognostic data, were retrospectively reviewed, and the Mann\u2013Whitney U test, independent-samples t-test, and Fisher\u2019s exact test were used for statistical analysis. Results: The groups were comparable in terms of age, sex, weight, pre- and postoperative biochemical markers, fasting time, cyst diameter, and operative time. Overall, 80.8% of cases were prenatally detected. The RAS group had a significantly shorter postoperative hospital stay (p = 0.004, Z = \u22122.864), drainage tube duration (p = 0.002, Z = \u22123.100), and hepaticojejunostomy time (p &lt; 0.0001, df = 71, 95%CI (\u22125.70, \u22123.04)) compared to the LAS group. In the LAS group, three patients developed anastomotic fistulas, all of whom required reoperation, and one patient developed adhesive bowel obstruction, whereas in the RAS group, one patient developed incision infection, one developed cholangitis, one developed adhesive bowel obstruction, and one presented with postoperative liver function abnormalities. The hospitalization cost in the LAS group was significantly lower than that in the RAS group (p &lt; 0.0001, Z = \u22125.468). Conclusions: In experienced pediatric centers, robotic-assisted resection of choledochal cysts is safe and effective for infants aged less than 3 months and deserves further exploration.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15135195","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]],"date-time":"2026-07-02T15:52:24Z","timestamp":1783007544000},"page":"5195","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comparison of Robot-Versus Laparoscopy-Assisted Resection of Choledochal Cysts in Infants Aged Less than 3 Months"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Ken","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Children\u2019s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Children and Adolescent\u2019s Health and Diseases, Hangzhou 310052, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuhao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Children\u2019s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Children and Adolescent\u2019s Health and Diseases, Hangzhou 310052, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuebin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Children\u2019s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Children and Adolescent\u2019s Health and Diseases, Hangzhou 310052, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Duote","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Children\u2019s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Children and Adolescent\u2019s Health and Diseases, Hangzhou 310052, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qingjiang","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Children\u2019s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Children and Adolescent\u2019s Health and Diseases, Hangzhou 310052, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0453-7959","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhigang","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Children\u2019s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Children and Adolescent\u2019s Health and Diseases, Hangzhou 310052, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"230","DOI":"10.4103\/1319-3767.98425","article-title":"Choledochal Cysts: A Review of Literature","volume":"18","author":"Giriyappa","year":"2012","journal-title":"Saudi J. 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