Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the short-term efficacy of different surgical robots for total mesorectal excision (R-TME) by taking traditional laparoscopic mesorectal excision (L-TME) as a reference.
Methods 132 patients with rectal cancer (cT1-3NxM0) were selected from January 2017 to May 2019. Among them, 45 patients received Da Vinci robot opreation, 43 patients received MicroHand S robot opreation, and 44 patients received traditional laparoscopy opreation. The number of lymph nodes dissected, intraoperative blood loss, and postoperative functional recovery were compared among the three groups.
Results There was no difference in the efficacy between the two different types of R-TME. Compared with the L-TME group, in the two R-TME groups, the operation time was longer, blood loss was less, the number of lymph nodes dissected was more, the incidence of serious postoperative complications was lower, and the urogenital function recovery was earlier (P < 0.05).
Conclusions Compared with L-TME, the short-term effect of Da Vinci and MicroHand S robot in total mesorectal excision show similar advantages in terms of the number of lymph nodes dissected, intraoperative blood loss, and postoperative functional recovery.