About this trial
Robotic right hemicolectomy with intra-corporeal anastomosis may have better short-term recovery outcomes and decreased incidence of incisional hernia when compared to the laparoscopic actual standard of care, for similar safety outcomes.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adult patients requiring elective minimally invasive RHC for cT1-T3 Nx M0 cancer of the right colon (including cancer of the appendix, caecum, ascending colon and hepatic flexure).
Disqualifiers
Not scheduled for minimally invasive RHC (refuses surgery and/or planned open approach)
Emergency surgery
Hereditary colorectal cancer
Inflammatory bowel disease
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Robotic right hemicolectomy
Procedure/SurgeryRobotic right hemicolectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis and extraction through a C-section, using the Da Vinci Xi.
Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
Procedure/SurgeryLaparoscopic right hemicolectomy with extracorporeal anastomosis and extraction through midline.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Time to first passage of faeces
Measured in hours, starting at the skin closure of the index surgery
Secondary outcomes
Duration of surgery
Measured in minutes
Blood loss
Measured in ml
Intra-operative transfusion
Number of patients who received blood and/or blood products transfusion
Intra-operative complication
Number of patients who experienced a complication during the index surgery
Locations
Sponsors and contacts
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Jeremy Meyer
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Geneva
Sponsor institution
University Hospital, Geneva
Collaborator
Spital Biel, Switzerland
Collaborator
Hôpital Fribourgeois
Collaborator
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