Kaori Watanabe, Hajime Ushigome, Hiroki Takahashi, Akira Kato, Shinnosuke Harata, Yoshiaki Fujii, Takeshi Yanagita, Takuya Suzuki, Kazuyoshi Shiga, Ryo Ogawa, Yoichi Matsuo, Shuji Takiguchi
Although robotic rectal resections are now widely performed, there are few robotic suction tools that can be easily used by console surgeons. It can therefore be difficult to maintain a clear visual field in the pelvis when there is effusion and bleeding from either a highly advanced cancer or from preoperative cancer treatment. In this report, we introduce our unique surgical technique that uses a soft catheter with a small gauze ball attached, inserted through the assistant port. This simple and inexpensive "instrument" can be used by the console surgeon as a retractor as well as a reliable suction device to secure their view of the operative field in the pelvis...
2024: Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon