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. 2019 Mar;33(3):966-971.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6529-x. Epub 2018 Oct 22.

Use of the Xi robotic platform for total abdominal colectomy: a step forward in minimally invasive colorectal surgery

Rosa M Jimenez-Rodriguez  1 , Felipe Quezada-Diaz  1 , Madeline Tchack  1 , Emmanouil Pappou  1 , Iris H Wei  1 , J Joshua Smith  1 , Garrett M Nash  1 , Jose G Guillem  1 , Philip B Paty  1 , Martin R Weiser  1 , Julio Garcia-Aguilar  2
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Use of the Xi robotic platform for total abdominal colectomy: a step forward in minimally invasive colorectal surgery

Rosa M Jimenez-Rodriguez et al. Surg Endosc. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

Background: The use of the da Vinci robotic platform for total colectomy has been limited by the need to reposition the patient-side surgical cart from one side of the patient to the other, which increases operative time. In this study, we examined the feasibility of robotic total colectomy using the da Vinci Xi model, which offers a rotating boom-mounted system and laser-targeted trocar positioning.

Methods: The study cohort consisted of 23 patients who underwent minimally invasive total colectomy for cancer or polyposis syndromes at a comprehensive cancer center between 2015 and 2017. Of the 23 colectomies, 15 were robotic and eight were laparoscopic. For the robotic colectomies, trocars were placed in the supraumbilical region and all four quadrants. The da Vinci Xi robot was placed between the patient's legs, and the boom was rotated from left to right and then to the middle in order to work sequentially on the right colon, the left colon, and the pelvis. Operating time and short-term outcomes were compared between the patients who underwent robotic surgery and the patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery.

Results: The two groups of patients were comparable in age, gender, BMI, physical status, and disease types. In the robotic group, median length of stay (4 vs. 6 days, p = 0.047) was significantly shorter and median operative time (243 vs. 263 min, p = 0.97) and median estimated blood loss (50 vs. 100 ml; p = 0.08) were similar between the groups.

Conclusions: With the da Vinci Xi boom-mounted system, total abdominal colectomy can be performed without the need to move the patient-side surgical cart and is associated with shorter length of stay and similar operative time compared to the laparoscopic approach.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; Robotic surgery; Total colectomy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Drs R Jimenez-Rodriguez, F Quezada, M Tchack, I Wei, J Guillem, P Paty and M Weiser have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Trocar positioning in the abdominal wall for robotic total colectomy. MCL, midclavicular line.
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Fig. 2.
The patient-side surgical cart remains between the patient’s legs, and the boom is rotated to the right or left. O.R., operating room.
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The boom is rotated to face the pelvis for rectum dissection.
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