Can robotic rectal cancer surgery improve quality of total mesorectal excision?
Authors:
D. Langer 1; I. Tučková 2; J. Kalvach 1; M. Ryska 1
Authors place of work:
Chirurgická klinika 2. LF Univerzity Karlovy a ÚVN, Praha
přednosta: prof. MUDr. M. Ryska, CSc.
1; Oddělení patologie ÚVN – Vojenská fakultní nemocnice Praha
primář: MUDr. P. Hrabal
2
Published in the journal:
Rozhl. Chir., 2017, roč. 96, č. 2, s. 69-74.
Category:
Original articles
Summary
Introduction:
The introduction of total mesorectal excision (TME) in the 1980s was pivotal in the surgical treatment for rectal carcinoma (RC). Routinely applied TME led to a significant reduction in the incidence of local recurrences. The purpose of our paper is to present the results of our non-randomized study comparing prospectively acquired data from radical resection / rectal extirpation using classic open access, laparoscopy and da Vinci robotic system.
Method:
The study group included 116 patients with RC who underwent radical surgical treatment between 1/2014–12/2016, after which the collected resection specimens were assessed in pathology laboratories of the referring hospital using the Quirke’s protocol. Analysis of data collected prospectively over a period of 3 years was done. The surgical procedures were open, laparoscopic and robotic. Robotic surgery could only be performed in patients whose health insurers guaranteed to cover the robotic resection expenses. Those patients whose health insurers did not cover the costs of the robotic assisted procedure were treated using the laparoscopic technique.
Results:
Over a period of 3 years (2014–2016), the teams at the Department of Surgery of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Central Military Hospital, Prague treated 116 patients (75 men and 41 women) for RC; resected specimens of the patients were processed according to the Quirke’s protocol. Mean age was 63 years (33–80). pCRO positivity was confirmed in 5 patients (4.3%) and complete or nearly complete TME was achieved in 94 patients (81%). More than a half of the procedures were performed using the minimally invasive surgery. No patient died.
Conclusion:
Despite the high rate of technically difficult cases (male sex, tumours in the distal third of the rectum), the robotic assisted treatment showed best results in our study group in terms of quality of the mesorectal excision. Our results thus provide evidence of an unequivocal benefit of robotic assistance compared to manual laparoscopy and open procedures in terms of TME as a quality indicator of surgery in patients with CR. Given the limited time span, there are no long-term results to be assessed in our patients.
Key words:
rectal carcinoma – TME – evaluation of surgical treatment – robotic rectal surgery
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