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ArticleSurgery today2026

Feasibility of robotic-assisted right colectomy using the "squeezing approach".

Kengo Shibata, Nobuki Ichikawa, Tadashi Yoshida, Yosuke Ohno, Ken Imaizumi, Shunji Sano, Akinobu Taketomi

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Kengo ShibataDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan.
Nobuki IchikawaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan. n_ichi@pop.med.hokudai.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8934-9684
Tadashi YoshidaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan.
Yosuke OhnoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan.
Ken ImaizumiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan.
Shunji SanoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan.
Akinobu TaketomiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery I, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 14 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan.

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Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the initial outcomes regarding the safety and feasibility of robotic-assisted right colectomy (RRC) using the squeezing approach compared to conventional laparoscopic right colectomy (LRC).

methodsWe retrospectively compared the short-term surgical outcomes of 118 consecutive patients who underwent right colectomy using the squeezing approach for colon cancer (70 LRC and 48 RRC) at our institution between April 2022 and December 2025.

resultsThe median operative time was significantly longer in the RRC group than in the LRC group (219.0 min vs. 189.0 min, p < 0.0001). However, the median estimated blood loss was equivalent and minimal in both groups (0.0 mL vs. 0.0 mL, p = 0.9035). There was no significant difference in the median number of harvested lymph nodes (21.5 vs. 23.0, p = 0.7506). RRC demonstrated safety, with outcomes comparable to LRC in terms of the rate of conversion to open surgery (2.1% vs. 5.7%, p = 0.6194), Clavien-Dindo Grade II complications (8.3% vs. 11.4%, p = 0.741), and Grade III complications (2.1% vs. 2.9%, p = 1.000).

conclusionsThe squeezing approach enables safe and feasible RRC, thereby achieving perioperative outcomes comparable to LRC, even during the initial implementation phase.

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Complete mesocolic excisionLearning curveRobotic right colectomySqueezing approach

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