ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2016
Overview of robotic colorectal surgery: Current and future practical developments.
Review in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Short-term outcomes in robot-assisted compared to laparoscopic colon cancer resections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Pooled it
- Single-center experience with robotic colorectal surgery for benign indications.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Article
- The rise of robotic colorectal surgery: better for patients and better for surgeons.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Robotic versus laparoscopic anterior resections for rectal and rectosigmoid cancer: an institutional experience.Irish journal of medical science · 2022Article
- Improved perioperative outcomes and reduced inflammatory stress response in malignant robot-assisted colorectal resections: a retrospective cohort study of 298 patients.World journal of surgical oncology · 2021Article
- [Artificial intelligence and its applications in medicine II: Current importance and practical applications].Atencion primaria · 2021Review
- Steerable OCT catheter for real-time assistance during teleoperated endoscopic treatment of colorectal cancer.Biomedical optics express · 2020Article
- Using end-user feedback to optimize the design of the Versius Surgical System, a new robot-assisted device for use in minimal access surgery.BMJ surgery, interventions, & health technologies · 2019Article
- Single incision laparoscopic surgery for ileal J-pouch-anal anastomosis: a 15-year review of the literature.Annals of gastroenterologyReview
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Abstract
Minimal access surgery has revolutionised colorectal surgery by offering reduced morbidity and mortality over open surgery, while maintaining oncological and functional outcomes with the disadvantage of additional practical challenges. Robotic surgery aids the surgeon in overcoming these challenges. Uptake of robotic assistance has been relatively slow, mainly because of the high initial and ongoing costs of equipment but also because of limited evidence of improved patient outcomes. Advances in robotic colorectal surgery will aim to widen the scope of minimal access surgery to allow larger and more complex surgery through smaller access and natural orifices and also to make the technology more economical, allowing wider dispersal and uptake of robotic technology. Advances in robotic endoscopy will yield self-advancing endoscopes and a widening role for capsule endoscopy including the development of motile and steerable capsules able to deliver localised drug therapy and insufflation as well as being recharged from an extracorporeal power source to allow great longevity. Ultimately robotic technology may advance to the point where many conventional surgical interventions are no longer required. With respect to nanotechnology, surgery may eventually become obsolete.
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