ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2018
Robot-guided neuromapping during nerve-sparing taTME for low rectal cancer.
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- Low workload for pelvic neuromonitoring supported by teleconsulting: technical considerations and feasibility.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Article
- [Pelvic Intraoperative Neuromonitoring - Update and Pilot Study on Telementoring].Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie · 2025Review
- The erectile and ejaculatory implications of the surgical management of rectal cancer.International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2023Review
- Robotic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: Current Evidences and Future Perspectives.Annals of coloproctology · 2020Review
- Robotic-assisted stereotactic real-time navigation: initial clinical experience and feasibility for rectal cancer surgery.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeIntraoperative pelvic neuromapping with electrophysiological evaluation of autonomic nerve preservation during robotic total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer is conventionally performed by the bedside assistant with a hand-guided probe. Our goal was to return autonomy over the neuromonitoring process to the colorectal surgeon operating the robotic console.
methodsA recently described prototype microfork electrostimulation probe was evaluated intraoperatively during abdominal robotic-assisted transanal TME (taTME) surgery for low rectal cancer in three consecutive male patients.
resultsAn intraoperative video demonstrates the good control and maneuverability of the prototype probe with electrophysiological confirmation of bilateral pelvic autonomic nerve preservation.
conclusionsThis study presents the first in situ application of a new microfork probe for fully robot-guided neuromapping in three patients undergoing TME surgery for low rectal cancer.
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