Da Vinci Single-Port robot-assisted transanal mesorectal excision: a promising preclinical experience.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Robotic single-port platforms represent a viable option for advanced surgical procedures. This preclinical study investigated the dual-field, single-port, robot-assisted transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME).

Technique

In a male human cadaver, we employed the novel da Vinci® SP™ Surgical System, sequentially, to realize the transanal and abdominal parts of the taTME procedure. We evaluated the feasibility of the one-team approach.

Results

We showed that single-port access for the taTME was technically feasible with the current da Vinci® SP™ Surgical System in both surgical fields. The total console times were 189 min for the juxta-anal purse-string suture placement, partial intersphincteric resection, and bottom-up mesorectal dissection to where it

SUBMITTER: Kneist W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7271049 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature