Operative and long-term oncological outcomes in patients undergoing robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer.
Ismail Ahmet BilginMustafa BasErman AytacCigdem BenliceEren EsenEbru KirbiyikCansu KiziltasAfag AghayevaVolkan OzbenIsmail HamzaogluTayfun KarahasanogluBilgi BacaPublished in: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS (2020)
This study showed both short and long-term outcomes of a limited number of included patients between the robotic and laparoscopic surgery were similar. However, future studies and randomized trials are necessary to establish these findings.
Keyphrases
- laparoscopic surgery
- rectal cancer
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- robot assisted
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- minimally invasive
- peritoneal dialysis
- locally advanced
- prognostic factors
- prostate cancer
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- weight loss
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance