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Feasibility and Safety of Single-Port Robotic-Assisted Deep Inferior Epigastric Pedicle Flap Harvest
Led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Updated on 2026-05-07
4
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
79 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
V
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lead Sponsor
I
Intuitive Surgical
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of single-port robotic surgery for DIEP flap breast reconstruction. The investigators will also investigate complications of the procedure, incision length, flap success rate, post operative pain, vascular pedicle length and caliber, and VMP-B score (quality of life/satisfaction of breast procedures survey).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Feasibility and Safety of Single-Port Robotic-Assisted Deep Inferior Epigastric Pedicle Flap Harvest
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Female patients aged 18 years
- Candidates for unilateral or bilateral breast reconstruction using a DIEP flap
- No contraindications for general anesthesia or robotic surgery
- Patients with adequate abdominal donor tissue for DIEP flap harvest
You will not qualify if you...
- History of prior abdominal surgery that significantly compromises perforator vessel integrity
- Pregnant woman
- Prisoners
- BMI > 35, as measured during the preoperative evaluation
- Presence of comorbidities that contraindicate elective surgery
- Active cancer other than breast cancer at the time of evaluation
- Active metastatic disease confirmed via imaging or biopsy
- Inability to comply with follow-up visits
- The research team decides to exclude the patient
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Jordan Johnson, BS
CONTACT
R
Ricardo Torres Guzman, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Number of Arms
1
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