Surgical technique for mesorectal division during robot-assisted laparoscopic tumor-specific mesorectal excision (TSME) for rectal cancer using da Vinci Si surgical system: the simple switching technique (SST)
Abstract:In a narrow pelvic cavity, performing sufficient tumor-specific mesorectal excision (TSME) is difficult. Even in robotassisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS), mesorectal division is difficult in a narrow pelvic cavity. To overcome this difficulty, we invented a novel method of mesorectal division. In this new approach, we switched the fenestrated bipolar forceps and the double-fenestrated forceps with each other so that both instruments were placed on the same (right) side of the patient. After the mesorectal fat… Show more
“…However, even in robot‐assisted laparoscopic surgery, clamping using detachable bowel clamps performed by patient‐side surgeons is associated with some difficulties. Interference between instruments from the assistant port and robot arms can occur both intra‐ and extra‐abdominally in the narrow pelvic space [3]. While the ideal insertion angle of clamps to the rectum is the right angle, the adjustment of the clamp insertion angle via the assistant port placed in the upper abdomen is difficult in patients with a deep pelvis.…”
“…However, even in robot‐assisted laparoscopic surgery, clamping using detachable bowel clamps performed by patient‐side surgeons is associated with some difficulties. Interference between instruments from the assistant port and robot arms can occur both intra‐ and extra‐abdominally in the narrow pelvic space [3]. While the ideal insertion angle of clamps to the rectum is the right angle, the adjustment of the clamp insertion angle via the assistant port placed in the upper abdomen is difficult in patients with a deep pelvis.…”
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