Washington 2013 – The future of robotic endocrine surgery from the eyes of an experienced minimally invasive endocrine surgeon

P. P. Bianchi SUMMARY The video shows technical aspects of robotic Total Mesorectal Excision (TME). Three robotic and two laparoscopic trocars were inserted. The cart and the arms of Da Vinci© are maintained in the same position during all the operation and the technique is full robotic. The anastomosis is performed under laparoscopic guidance with the Knight-Griffen technique. Background/Hypothesis The video shows technical aspects of robotic total mesorectal excision (TME) in rectal cancer Materials & Methods The Robotic system used was a four arms Da Vinci® Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical