Assessment of a flexible robotic system for endoluminal applications and transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME): Could this be the solution we have been searching for?

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Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (India Chapter) and Indian rectal cancer expert group's practical consensus statements for surgical management of localized and locally advanced rectal cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2022
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2. Envisioning the future of colorectal surgery: preclinical assessment and detailed description of an endoluminal robotic system (ColubrisMX ELS).Techniques in coloproctology · 2021
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3. Robotic Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (RTaTME): State of the Art.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021
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4. Feasibility of transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) using the Medrobotics Flex® System.Surgical endoscopy · 2020
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5. Assessment of the Versius surgical robotic system for dual-field synchronous transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) in a preclinical model: will tomorrow's surgical robots promise newfound options?Techniques in coloproctology · 2019
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6. Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME): current status and future perspectives.Updates in surgery · 2019
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7. Transanal TME: new standard or fad?Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2019
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8. Robot-guided neuromapping during nerve-sparing taTME for low rectal cancer.International journal of colorectal disease · 2018
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9. Robotics for Advanced Therapeutic Colonoscopy.Clinical endoscopy · 2018
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10. Review and update: robotic transanal surgery (RTAS).Updates in surgery · 2018
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11. Direct target NOTES: prospective applications for next generation robotic platforms.Techniques in coloproctology · 2018
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12. Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery: Robotic Surgery versus Laparoscopic Procedures.Visceral medicine · 2018
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13. The Digital Era and the Future of Pediatric Surgery.Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
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