Andrea Vignali

One 10 mm trocar at umbilicus, one 10 mm trocar in right iliac fossa, and one 5 mm trocar in left iliac fossa are placed. Vesico-uterine space dissection and V-shaped polypropylene mesh placement and fixation to the vaginal fornices with polypropylene stitches…

Patient is in Lloyd-Davies position. Three robotic trocars are placed in line at umbilicus and in right and left flank. A 12 mm laparoscopic trocar is placed in right hypocondrium. By laparoscopy, the sacral promontory was exposed. Robot is at the patient’s left side…

INTRODUCTION: Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the surgical procedure of choice in selected patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Since its inception in 1978, IPAA has undergone significant improvements mainly secondary to the changing in of surgical approaches…