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ArticleSurgery today2025

Feasibility of hybrid robotic rectal surgery.

Hideya Kashihara, Takuya Tokunaga, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Yuma Wada, Chie Takasu, Masaaki Nishi, Mitsuo Shimada

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Hideya KashiharaDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan. kashihara.hideya@tokushima-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-2126
Takuya TokunagaDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
Toshiaki YoshimotoDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
Yuma WadaDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
Chie TakasuDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
Masaaki NishiDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
Mitsuo ShimadaDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.

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Abstract

purposeTo investigate the feasibility of combined robotic rectal surgery and transanal total mesorectal excision (hybrid robotic surgery).

methodsAmong 143 robotic rectal surgeries performed from 2017 to 2022, 85 were hybrid robotic surgeries and were analyzed in this study. The cohort comprised 59 males and 26 females with a mean age of 65.8 years old and a mean body mass index of 22.6 kg/m

resultsThe mean operation time for total mesorectal excision was 302.7 min, and the median blood loss was 71.5 ml. No cases required conversion to laparotomy. The median length of postoperative hospital stay was 15.9 days. Complications of Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ 3 occurred in 3 cases (4.2%). Urinary dysfunction occurred in 6 cases (8.3%). Three (4.2%) patients were diagnosed with positive circumferential resection margins.

conclusionHybrid robotic surgery is safe and oncologically feasible.

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Digestive System Surgical ProceduresRectal NeoplasmsRectumRobotic Surgical ProceduresAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlood Loss, SurgicalCohort StudiesFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansLength of StayLymph Node ExcisionMaleMiddle AgedHybrid robotic surgeryRobotic rectal surgeryTransanal mesorectal excision (taTME)

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