Feasibility of robotic-assisted surgery in advanced rectal cancer: a multicentre prospective phase II study (VITRUVIANO trial).
Atsushi HamabeIchiro TakemasaMasanori KotakeDaisuke NakanoSuguru HasegawaAkio ShiomiMasakatsu NumataKazuhiro SakamotoKei KimuraTsunekazu HanaiTakeshi NaitohYosuke FukunagaYusuke KinugasaJun WatanabeJunichiro KawamuraMayumi OzawaKoji OkabayashiShuichiro MatobaYoshinao TakanoMamoru UemuraYukihide KanemitsuYoshiharu SakaiMasahiko WatanabePublished in: BJS open (2024)
Robotic-assisted surgery is feasible for locally advanced rectal cancer when strict surgeon criteria are used.