Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2016; 8(8): 578-582
Published online Aug 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i8.578
Hand-assisted laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis
Norimitsu Shimada, Hiroki Ohge, Raita Yano, Naoki Murao, Norifumi Shigemoto, Shinnosuke Uegami, Yusuke Watadani, Kenichiro Uemura, Yoshiaki Murakami, Taijiro Sueda
Norimitsu Shimada, Hiroki Ohge, Raita Yano, Naoki Murao, Norifumi Shigemoto, Shinnosuke Uegami, Yusuke Watadani, Kenichiro Uemura, Yoshiaki Murakami, Taijiro Sueda, Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contribute equally to this work; and Shimada N designed the study and wrote manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Hiroshima University Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent for this study, because the clinical data were analyzed anonymously and retrospectively which were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment without additional invasion. For full disclosure, the details of the study are published on the home page of Hiroshima University.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Norimitsu Shimada, Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan. shimada@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Received: March 24, 2016
Peer-review started: March 25, 2016
First decision: May 17, 2016
Revised: May 23, 2016
Accepted: June 14, 2016
Article in press: June 16, 2016
Published online: August 27, 2016
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Core tip: This is a retrospective study to evaluate the utility of hand-assisted laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy (HALS-RP) for ulcerative colitis (UC). Fifty-one patients underwent restorative proctocolectomy, and twenty-three patients in the HALS-RP were compared with twenty-four patients in the conventional open surgery group (OPEN-RP). The mean operative time for the HALS-RP group was not different to OPEN-RP group, but blood loss was significantly less in HALS-RP compared to OPEN-RP. HALS is a feasible procedure for restorative proctocolectomy for UC with small skin incision.