• 1. Department of Clinical Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 3. Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 4. Institution of Clinical Research and Evidence Based Medicine, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
YANG Xiongfei, Email: xiongfeiyang2018@163.com
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Objective To compare oncologic and short-term outcomes between the robotic and laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. Methods  This is a retrospective cohort study using a prospectively collected database. Patients’ records were obtained from Gansu Provincial Hospital between July 2015 and October 2017. Eighty patients underwent robotic-assisted total mesorectal excision (R-TME group) and one hundred and sixteen with the same histopathological stage of the tumor underwent an laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (L-TME group). Both operations were performed by the same surgeon. Results  The time to the first passage of flatus [(3.28±1.64) d vs. (6.01±2.77) d, P<0.001], the time to the first postoperative oral fluid intake [(4.46±1.62) d vs. (6.28±2.74) d, P<0.001) and the length of hospital stay [(11.20±5.80)d vs. (14.72±6.90) d, P=0.023] of the R-TME group was about 3 days faster than the L-TME group. The incidence of postoperative urinary retention (2.50% vs 7.76%, P=0.016) was significantly lower in the R-TME group than the L-TME group. However, the intraoperative blood loss of the R-TME group was more than the L-TME group [(175.06±110.77) mL vs. (123.91±99.61) mL, P=0.031, ). The operative time, number of lymph nodes harvested and distal margin were similar intergroup(P>0.05). The total cost was higher in the R-TME than in the L-TME group [(85 623.91±13 310.50) CNY vs. (67 356.79±17 107.68) CNY, P=0.084), however, this difference was statistically insignificant. Conclusions Compared with the L-TME, the R-TME has the same oncologic outcomes and rapid postoperative short-term recovery. However, the long-term outcome of the R-TME remains to be further observed.

Citation: LIU Wenhan, YAN Peijing, HU Dongping, DU Binbin, ZHU Xiaolong, YANG Xiongfei. Oncologic and short-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: a cohort study. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2019, 26(1): 31-37. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201809031 Copy

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