ArticleSurgical endoscopy2017
Robotic versus laparoscopic rectal resection for sphincter-saving surgery: pathological and short-term outcomes in a single-center analysis of 130 consecutive patients.
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- Completeness of total mesorectum excision of laparoscopic versus robotic surgery: a review with a meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2019Pooled it
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- Does conversion during minimally invasive rectal surgery for cancer have an impact on short-term and oncologic outcomes? Results of a retrospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Optimizing outcomes in colorectal surgery: cost and clinical analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic approaches to colon resection.Journal of robotic surgery · 2022Article
- Operative and Survival Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Colorectal Cancer in Elderly and Very Elderly Patients: A Study in a Tertiary Hospital in South Korea.Journal of oncology · 2022Article
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- Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Review of Oncological Outcomes.The Permanente journal · 2021Review
- [Evidence in minimally invasive oncological surgery of the colon and rectum].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Review
- Robotic surgery for rectal cancer as a platform to build on: review of current evidence.Surgery today · 2021Review
- Teaching robotic rectal cancer surgery at your workplace: does the presence of visiting surgeons in the operating room have a detrimental effect on outcomes?Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic unilateral inguinal hernia repair: a comprehensive cost analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Robotic total meso-rectal excision for rectal cancer: A systematic review following the publication of the ROLARR trial.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2018Article
- Experience With Transitioning From Laparoscopic to Robotic Right Colectomy.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundMinimally invasive sphincter-saving rectal resection represents a challenging procedure. Robotic surgery for rectal cancer has several advantages over conventional surgery in performing precise dissection and was proved to be safe and effective in previous studies. However, comparison between laparoscopic and robotic rectal resection has drawn contradictory results. The aim of the present study was to compare robotic and laparoscopic sphincter-saving rectal resections for short-term and pathological outcomes.
methodsBetween January 2013 and May 2016, we performed a total of 258 robotic surgeries, including 146 colorectal resections (56%). For this study, we included the first 65 sphincter-saving robotic resections and compared them to the last 65 consecutive laparoscopic resections. The laparoscopic group was constituted by the last 65 consecutively operated patients who matched the inclusion criteria.
resultsPatients' baseline characteristics were similar in both the groups. Conversion rate was greater in the laparoscopic group (17 vs. 5%, p=0.044). Reoperation rate, overall and severe morbidity, and median hospital stay were similar in both the groups. Quality of mesorectal excision specimen was considered complete or near complete in 97 and 96% in the laparoscopic and robotic groups, respectively. There was no difference in the rates of negative circumferential radial margin, distal margin, and surgical success measured by composite criteria.
conclusionThe main finding of this study was that robotic proctectomy for sphincter-saving procedures offers similar quality of TME with a statistically significant lower rate of conversion when compared to laparoscopic proctectomy.
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