Background: Single-port laparoscopic surgery is emerging as a method to improve morbidity and cosmetic benefits of conventional laparoscopic surgery and minimize the surgical trauma. However, the feasibility of this procedure in rectal surgery has not been determined yet. The aim of this study is to evaluate our initial experience using single port access in laparoscopic rectal surgery. Design: randomized, prospective clinical study Patients: 40 patients
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Single incision laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer
Department of Gastroentestinal Surgery, Hvidovre Hospital
Hvidovre, Denmark
morbidity
The purpose of this study is to compare 30-days postoperative morbidity between the two groups
Time frame: 30 days
immunology
to compare results of blood-samples (C-reactive protein, leucocyte-count and interleukin-6) 72 hours postoperatively between the two groups
Time frame: 72 hours postoperatively
postoperative outcome
to compare postoperative results (postoperative pain, time to bowel function, time to regain full diet and mobilisation) between the two groups.
Time frame: 5 days postoperatively
oncology
Comparison of the oncological results (quality of specimen, completeness of mesorectal fascia, circumferential resection margin, number of harvested lymphnodes, TNM-classification) between the two groups.
Time frame: 30 days
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