Table 2 Patients with rectal cancer undergoing robot-assisted restorative rectal resection with at Aarhus University Hospital, 2017–2020 and the specific steps in the standardization based on the written form registered by the surgeon immediately after the operation or review of medical records. Number (percentages)
Period 1: October 2017–August 2018 | Period 2: September 2018–February 2020 | Period 3: March 2020–October 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Central transection of IMA (high ligation) | |||
No | 23 (37.1) | 10 (13.5) | 1 (3.4) |
Yes | 34 (54.8) | 55 (74.3) | 25 (86.2) |
Missing | 5 (8.1) | 9 (12.2) | 3 (10.3) |
Central transection of IMV | |||
No | 23 (37.1) | 4 (5.4) | 0 |
Yes | 35 (56.5) | 66 (89.2) | 28 (96.6) |
Missing | 4 (6.5) | 4 (5.4) | 1 (3.4) |
Mobilization of splenic flexure | |||
No | 20 (32.3) | 5 (6.8) | 0 |
Yes | 41 (66.1) | 69 (93.2) | 29 (100) |
Missing | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 0 |
Transection of the anococcygale ligament (TME) | |||
No | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes | 40 (95.2) | 41 (85.4) | 15 (93.8) |
Missing | 2 (4.8) | 7 (14.6) | 1 (6.3) |
Perpendicular transection of rectum | |||
No | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes | 56 (90.3) | 61 (82.4) | 26 (89.7) |
Missing | 6 (9.7) | 13 (17.6) | 3 (10.3) |
Arterial bleeding of arcade artery | |||
No | 2 (3.2) | 0 | 0 |
Yes | 59 (95.2) | 72 (97.3) | 28 (96.6) |
Missing | 1 (1.6) | 2 (2.7) | 1 (3.4) |