Simultaneous Robot-Assisted Radical Nephrectomy and Sigmoid Colectomy Using the da Vinci 5 System

Kyotaro Fukuta1, Nana Ishibashi1, Yuya Taoka1

  • 1Department of Urology, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.

Summary

Synchronous renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and colon cancer are rare. A single-stage, robot-assisted surgery combining radical nephrectomy and sigmoid colectomy proved feasible and safe for a patient with these synchronous cancers.