Entirely Robot-assisted Total Colectomy/Total Proctocolectomy Compared With a Laparoscopic Approach. Issue 4 (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Jin Cheon; Lee, Jong Lyul; Yoon, Yong Sik; Kim, Hyung Min; Kim, Chan Wook; Park, In Ja; Aldilaijan, Abdulmohsin Fawzi; Lim, Seok-Byung
• Is Part Of: Surgical laparoscopy endoscopy & percutaneous techniques. Volume 31:Issue 4(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: total colectomy -- total proctocolectomy -- robot-assisted -- laparoscopy -- short ileal pouch; Endoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Laparoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Endoscopy -- Periodicals; Laparoscopy -- Periodicals; 617.550597
• DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000000883
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1530-4515

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: Previous robot-assisted total colectomy/total proctocolectomy (TC/TPC) has been mostly confined to completion proctectomy combined with open or laparoscopic colon dissection. This study describes an integrative method of entirely robot-assisted maintaining anatomical dissection with single docking and one-off arm placement. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients who underwent robot-assisted TC/TPC and 36 who underwent laparoscopic procedures at the Asan Medical Center (Seoul, Korea) were enrolled. Results: Mean operation time was ∼1 hour longer in the robot-assisted than in the laparoscopic group ( P =0.003), due primarily to the extra time required for instrument installation and more frequent transient ileal diversion. Three patients (8%) in the laparoscopic group required conversion to open surgery, compared with none in the robot-assisted group. Rates of postoperative adverse events did not differ in the 2 groups ( P =0.063). Short (8 cm) ileal pouches were applied to all patients who underwent robot-assisted TPC/ileal-pouch anal anastomosis, but to one patient who underwent laparoscopic surgery. There were no discrepancies of mean daily bowel movement between patients with short and long ileal pouches 6 months after surgery ( P =0.694), showing 5 times per day (range: 1 to 10). Conclusion: The advantages of the boom system and motion-sensitive table were successfully utilized to integrate anatomical dissection with the multiquadrant procedures of TC/TPC, with none of these patients requiring conversion to open surgery. Refinement of these techniques may overcome some of the technical and time-related and cost-related concerns of the robotic approach. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.