Background: This study aimed to compare the short-term postoperative outcomes of single-port robotic (SPR) using da Vinci SP® system and single port laparoscopic (SPL) right hemicolectomy and determine whether the novel SPR system is safe and feasible.
Methods: From January 2019 to December 2020, a total of 141 patients (41 patients for SPR and 100 patients for SPL) who electively underwent right hemicolectomy for colon cancer performed by a single surgeon were included in the study.
Results: The time to the first bowel movement was 3 (range, 1-4) days after surgery in the SPR group and 3 (2-9, range) days in the SPL group (p = 0.017). However, there were no differences in pathologic outcomes or postoperative complications.
Conclusions: SPR is a safe and feasible surgical technique and has an advantage in the time to first postoperative bowel movement over SPL with no other complications.
Keywords: bowel movement; da Vinci SP®system; operative time; single port laparoscopy; single port robot.
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