Ultrasound assessment of the distal resection margin during robotic rectal surgery.
Giuseppe GiulianiFrancesco MatarazzoFrancesco GuerraBenigni RobertoMichele Di MarinoAndrea CorattiPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2024)
IOUS is a reproducible and helpful modality for identifying the distal margin of the cutting line during robotic resection of rectal cancers. It does not affect the operating time compared with other methods and could be an alternative method for assessment of the DRM during RRS.