This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Alessio Pigazzi during the Postgraduate Course: Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges on April 11 2018
Keyword(s): adoption, anatomy, articulating stapler, articulation, assistant, camera, cautery, clips, colitis, colorectal surgery, competent, completion proctectomy, conversion, cost, countertraction, da Vinci Xi Surgical System, DGE, digital rectal exam, dissection, distal margins, early rectal cancer, endpoint, ergonomics, flexible endoscopy, general surgery, genitourinary function, gynecology, hybrid approach, IMA, inferior mesenteric artery, instruments, Intuitive Surgical, laparoscopic surgeon, laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopy, learning curve, male, margin assessment, minimally invasive, minimally invasive St. Marks retractor, National Inpatient Sample, NIS, pelvis, pitfalls, pouch, rectal cancer, rectum, retraction, robot, robotic surgery, robotic TME, ROLARR trial, sealing device, sharp dissection, skeletonization, specimen extraction, stapling, technique, total mesorectal excision, traction, transanal TME, trends, U.S., United States, urology
Citation–4:07 JAMA 2017
Genitourinary function–6:05
Techniques–7:39
Potential pitfalls–8:00
Robotic Xi port placement–8:23
Stapling the low rectum–11:43
Conclusion–13:51