ArticleSurgical endoscopy2021
Short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic versus laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection for advanced lower rectal cancer.
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- Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic-assisted extended mesorectal excision: a comprehensive meta-analysis and systematic review of perioperative and long-term outcomes.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of robot-assisted comparative laparoscopic surgery in lateral lymph node dissection for rectal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic pelvic lateral lymph node dissection in locally advanced rectal cancer: a systemic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
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- Learning curve analysis for prophylactic bilateral robot-assisted lateral lymph node dissection for lower rectal cancer: a retrospective study.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Article
- Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Locally-Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Cohort Study Comparing Perioperative Morbidity and Short-Term Oncological Outcomes.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Postoperative urinary dysfunction following lateral lymph node dissection for rectal cancer via minimally invasive surgery.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Comparison of short-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery, robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, and open surgery for lateral lymph-node dissection for rectal cancer: a network meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Efficacy of lateral lymph node dissection for local control of rectal cancer: A multicenter study.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2024Article
- Robotic versus laparoscopic approach for minimally invasive lateral pelvic lymph node dissection of advanced lower rectal cancer: a retrospective study comparing short-term outcomes.Techniques in coloproctology · 2023Article
- Comparison of robotic versus laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection for advanced lower rectal cancer: a retrospective study at two institutions.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
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- Transanal total mesorectal excision and transabdominal robotic surgery for rectal cancer: A retrospective study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTherapeutic strategies to suppress local recurrence, including lateral lymph node metastasis, are important to improve the curability of rectal cancer. The aim of the present study was to clarify the advantages of robotic-assisted laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection (RALLD), comparing its short-term outcomes with those of laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection (LLLD). There are some retrospective reports comparing RALLD or LLLD and open lateral lymph node dissection (OLLD), but few reports comparing RALLD and LLND to each other.
methodsFrom November 2014 to August 2020, we compared the short-term outcomes in 40 patients who underwent RALLD and 55 patients who underwent LLLD.
resultsThe total operative time was significantly longer in the RALLD group than in the LLLD group (p < 0.001). However, lateral dissection time was not significantly different between the groups (p = 0.661). The postoperative hospital time was shorter in the RALLD group than in the LLLD group (p < 0.048). No significant differences were identified in the rates of postoperative bleeding, incisional surgical site infection (SSI), organ/space SSI, urinary disfunction, urinary infection, or small bowel obstruction between the groups. However, anastomotic leakage was significantly lower in the RALLD group than in the LLLD group (p = 0.031).
conclusionsThe short-term outcomes of RALLD indicate it is feasible, and RALLD may be a useful modality for lower rectal cancer.
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