Comparing outcomes of robotic versus open mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.
Rosa María Jiménez-RodríguezJessica FlynnSujata PatilMaria WidmarFelipe Quezada-DiazPatricio LynnPaul StrombomLarissa TempleJoshua J SmithIris H WeiEmmanouil P PappouJose G GuillemPhilip P PatyGarrett M NashMartin R WeiserJulio Garcia-AguilarPublished in: BJS open (2022)
In patients with rectal cancer who are candidates for curative resection, robotic mesorectal excision is associated with lower complication rates, shorter length of stay, and equivalent oncologic outcomes, compared with open mesorectal excision.