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The purpose of this randomized double blind controlled study is to assess the value of robotics for the treatment of complex pelvic floor dysfunction. The main aim is to compare perioperative and functional outcomes to the laparoscopic approach.


Clinical Trial Description

Pelvic floor dysfunction is a common pathology. The management can be medical or surgical, depending on the location or the severity of the disease.

Since the large use of laparoscopy for the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction, interesting and encouraging results have been published.

However, so far, a laparoscopic approach has some technical disadvantages like a poor ergonomy, a 2 dimensional vision, an unstable camera and the use of straight instruments. To overcome these natural limitations, robotics has been gaining increasing acceptance in general surgery.

Several groups have reported their encouraging experience with robotic rectopexy. Yet, these studies were not randomized or double blinded.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of robotics for complex pelvic floor dysfunction and to compare the outcomes to the laparoscopic approach. ;


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NCT number NCT01346436
Study type Interventional
Source University Hospital, Geneva
Contact Nicolas C Buchs, MD
Phone +41 79 553 2683
Email nicolas.c.buchs@hcuge.ch
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date April 2011
Completion date May 2020

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