Single-Incision Robotic Surgery for Ascending Colon Cancer

Background: Treatment for colorectal cancer has changed dramatically in the past decade. The robotic technology allows surgeons to overcome the general limitations of conventional laparoscopic surgery, and robotic surgery is effective for colon resections for cancer.1,2 Single-incision laparoscopic surgery is generally considered more technically challenging than conventional laparoscopic surgery. However, in our center, we have performed many reduced-hole laparoscopic procedures, including single-incision or single-incision plus one-port procedures, for colorectal cancer, as previously reported.3 Our experience has led us to develop a single-incision robotic surgery technique for colon cancer that utilizes an umbilical incision for specimen collection and a camera port and assistant port.