Journal Article

Short-term outcomes in robotic vs laparoscopic ileal pouch-anal anastomosis surgery: a propensity score match study

Al-Dhaheri, Mahmood, Nada, Mohamed Abu, Harper, Mick, Amer, Ibrahim, Parvaiz, Amjad, Panteleimonitis, Sofoklis, Ahmed, Ayman Abdelhafiz

2023

Overview

PurposeLaparoscopic ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) surgery offers improved short-term outcomes over open surgery but can be technically challenging. Robotic surgery has been increasingly used for IPAA surgery, but there is limited evidence supporting its use. This study aims to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic and robotic IPAA procedures.MethodsAll consecutive patients receiving laparoscopic and robotic IPAA surgery at 3 centres, from 3 countries, between 2008 and 2019 were identified from prospectively collated databases. Robotic surgery patients were propensity score matched with laparoscopic patients for gender, previous abdominal surgery, ASA grade (I, II vs III, IV) and procedure performed (proctocolectomy vs completion proctectomy). Their short-term outcomes were examined.ResultsA total of 89 patients were identified (73 laparoscopic, 16 robotic). The 16 patients that received robotic surgery were matched with 15 laparoscopic patients. Baseline characteristics were similar between the two groups. There were no statistically significant differences in any of the investigated short-term outcomes. Length of stay trend was higher for laparoscopic surgery (9 vs 7 days, p = 0.072)ConclusionRobotic IPAA surgery is safe and feasible and offers similar short-term outcomes to laparoscopic surgery. Length of stay may be lower for robotic IPAA surgery, but further larger scale studies are required in order to demonstrate this.

• Publisher: Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Abdomen / Abdominal surgery / Colon / Colorectal surgery / Dissection / Gender / Laparoscopy / Ostomy / Regression analysis / Robotic surgery / Surgeons / Surgical anastomosis / Surgical outcomes / Variables / Veins & arteries