ArticleTechniques in coloproctology2022
Initial clinical experience with a novel flexible endoscopic robot for transanal surgery.
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- New Robotic Platforms in General Surgery: What's the Current Clinical Scenario?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Transanal robotic versus endoscopic submucosal dissection for complex distal colorectal lesions: a comparative study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robotic-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection: a scoping review of preclinical and early clinical evidence.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robotics in interventional endoscopy-evolution and the way forward.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2024Review
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- Robotic transanal excision of rectal lesions: expert perspective and literature review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Review
- Transanal Local Excision or Endoscopic Dissection for Benign and Large Lesions of the Rectum.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2022Review
- Current Status and Future of Robotic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer-An English Version.Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe Flex
methodsWe prospectively collected all consecutive cases of local excisions of rectal lesions performed with the Flex
resultsBetween October 2018 and February 2020, 26 patients were treated. We performed a full-thickness excision in 14 patients and a submucosal dissection in 12. The median operating time was 115 min (range 45-360 min). In six patients (23.1%), we converted to standard transanal endoscopic operation (TEO
conclusionsThis first clinical series demonstrates that the Flex
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