Open AccessA prospective randomized controlled trial comparing conventional Intuitive® procedure card recommended port placement with the modified Indian (Manipal) technique
Author(s) -
S. P. Somashekhar,
Abhinav Deshpande,
K Ashwin,
R. Gangasani,
Rohit Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_18_19
Subject(s) - medicine , port (circuit theory) , surgery , robotic surgery , randomized controlled trial , resection , engineering , mechanical engineering
The da Vinci ® X hybrid systems (Intuitive Surgical ® , Sunnyvale CA) provides standard sites recommendations for port placement during robotic surgery; including that for colorectal procedures. The author's encountered challenges while adhering to the provided instructions, such as clash of instruments and arms and need for additional ports, and hence to overcome these challenges attempted a few innovative technical modifications. The surgical results as well as merits of the revised Indian (Manipal) port placement with single docking technique are presented here.