Robotic versus laparoscopic approach for left-sided colon cancer: a nationwide cohort study.

Line Katrine Larsen Rein Niclas Dohrn Ismail Gögenür Mads Falk Klein

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2023)

Robot-assisted surgery for left-sided colon cancer was associated with a significantly lower conversion rate and a significantly higher lymph node yield than the laparoscopic approach. Postoperative morbidity and mortality were similar in the two groups.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
lymph node
patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
sentinel lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
early stage
atrial fibrillation
percutaneous coronary intervention