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Successful patient-oriented surgical outcomes in robotic vs laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for cancer - a systematic review.

P S WatersF P CheungOliver PeacockA G HeriotS K WarrierD S O'RiordainS PillingerA C LynchA R L Stevenson
Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
Thirty-day morbidity and mortality were comparable between the two approaches, with patients undergoing RRH having lower anastomotic complications, increased lymph node harvest, and reduced LOS, conversion to open and incisional hernia rates in a number of studies. There are limited data on surgical approach and impact on quality of life and what patients deem successful surgical outcomes. There is a further need for a randomized controlled trial examining successful patient-oriented outcomes in right hemicolectomy for malignancy.
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