Fig. 2

Overall operative time and robotic time trends (with linear forecast trend lines) of the first 22 consecutive patients operated on by robotic surgery for transverse colon cancer. The overall operative time includes the docking time, i.e., the installation of the robotic ports and cart, and the actual robotic time. The figure shows the tendency toward decrease of both robotic and overall operative times by the increasing surgeon experience in robotic transverse colectomy