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The Role of Robotic Surgery in Rectal Prolapse

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Pelvic Floor Disorders

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The incidence of pelvic floor disorders has been rapidly increasing in the last decades. Surgical management and repair techniques have evolved with the introduction of laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy (LVMR), which has become the favored treatment for rectal prolapse for many of surgeons around the world.

The introduction of robotic surgery in pelvic surgery has allowed for the improvement in physician comfort and improved precision in the pelvic dissection. Robotic ventral mesh rectopexy (RVMR) is associated with low rate of short-term complications, similar functional outcomes, and a more surgeon-friendly approach to confined spaces of the pelvis and repair of rectal prolapse. RVMR appears to be a safe, successful, and quite promising surgical alternative for patients with rectal prolapse, but more long-term studies are needed.

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    Adam Studniarek, Anders Mellgren & Johan Nordenstam

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  1. Tertiary Referral Pelvic Floor and Incontinence Center, IV°Division of General Surgery, Regional Hospital, Treviso, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Giulio A. Santoro

  2. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, Children’s University Hospital, Lublin, Poland

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Studniarek, A., Mellgren, A., Nordenstam, J. (2021). The Role of Robotic Surgery in Rectal Prolapse. In: Santoro, G.A., Wieczorek, A.P., Sultan, A.H. (eds) Pelvic Floor Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40862-6_69

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