BACKGROUND: Robotic surgery for transverse @entity694 has rarely been described. This study reports our initial experience in robotic resection for transverse @entity694 , by comparing robotic transverse colectomy (RC) to laparoscopic transverse colectomy (LC) in terms of safety, feasibility, short-term outcomes, and the surgeon's psychological stress and physical @entity158 . METHODS: The study population included the first 22 consecutive @entity1 who underwent RC between March 2013 and December 2014 for histologically confirmed transverse @entity694 . These @entity1 were compared with 22 matched @entity1 undergoing LC between December 2010 and February 2013. @entity1 were matched based on age, gender, body mass index (BMI), American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) score, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) @entity5 stage, and @entity5 location (ratio 1:1). Mortality, morbidity, operative, and short-term oncologic outcomes were compared between groups. The operating surgeon's stress and @entity158 were assessed before and after surgery on a 0-100-mm visual analog scale. RESULTS: The demographic and preoperative characteristics were comparable between RC and LC @entity1 . No group difference was observed for @entity3816 , @entity190 , @entity282 , time to flatus, time to regular diet, and hospital stay. RC was associated with longer operative time than LC (260  min vs. 225  min; p   =   0.014), but the overall operative and robotic time in the RC group decreased over time reflecting the increasing experience in performing this procedure. No conversion to laparotomy was observed in the RC group, while two LC @entity1 were converted due to uncontrolled @entity548 and technically difficult middle colic pedicle dissection. @entity260 (Dindo-Clavien grade I or II) occurred in 11.3  % of @entity1 with no group difference. Mortality was nil. All resections were R0, with >12 lymph nodes harvested in 90.9  % of RC and 95.5  % of LC @entity1 . The surgeon's stress was not different between RC and LC, whereas the surgeon's hand and neck/shoulder @entity158 were significantly lower after RC. CONCLUSIONS: RC for transverse @entity694 appears to be safe and feasible with short-term outcomes comparable to LC.

Initial experience of robotic versus laparoscopic colectomy for transverse XXXX : a matched case-control study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['bleeding'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor'] @entity190 :: ('MESH:D006473', 'Disease') :: ['blood loss'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['Postoperative complications'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity694 :: ('MESH:D003110', 'Disease') :: ['colon adenocarcinoma', 'colon cancer'] @entity282 :: ('MESH:D010149', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative pain'] @entity3816 :: ('MESH:D007431', 'Disease') :: ['intraoperative complications']
@entity694 :: (MESH:D003110,Disease) :: ['colon cancer']
