September 10, 2025Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery

N‐Shaped Port Placement for Simultaneous Robot‐Assisted Right and Left‐Sided Colectomies

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RORyosuke Okamura YIYoshiro ItataniKyoto University RARyuhei Aoyama

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Implication

Observational analysis demonstrates effective N-shaped trocar setup for robotic colectomy in elderly patients, suggesting improved surgical efficiency.

Key Points

The N-shaped trocar setup enabled successful simultaneous right- and left-sided colectomies with minimal blood loss.
Operative time for the procedure was 311 minutes, showcasing the effectiveness of the N-shaped configuration.
A single surgeon managed all tasks, highlighting the practicality of the proposed robotic surgical approach.
Further studies are needed to confirm the adaptability of this method across different robotic surgical platforms.

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Okamura et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23b4ab210217d6478480b https://doi.org/10.1111/ases.70145

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Observational analysis demonstrates effective N-shaped trocar setup for robotic colectomy in elderly patients, suggesting improved surgical efficiency.