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AUGUST 17, 2022

Single-Port Robotic Colorectal Surgery ‘Safe, Feasible,’ With Good Outcomes

Single-Surgeon Study of 133 Patients

By Kate O’Rourke

A phase 2 clinical trial of single-port robotic colorectal surgery shows it to be feasible and safe with good clinical outcomes, according to new research. The findings were presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (abstract S29).

John Marks, MD, of the Division of Colorectal Surgery at Lankenau Medical Center, in Wynnewood, Pa., described the short- and long-term outcomes of the first phase 2 trial using the single-port