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.
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).
Not scheduled for minimally invasive RHC (refuses surgery and/or planned open approach)
Emergency surgery
Hereditary colorectal cancer
Inflammatory bowel disease
Jeremy Meyer
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Geneva
Sponsor institution
University Hospital, Geneva
Collaborator
Spital Biel, Switzerland
Collaborator
Hôpital Fribourgeois
Collaborator