Uptake of robot-assisted colon cancer surgery in the Netherlands.

Marlou F M SterkRogier M P H CrollaMareille VerseveldJan Willem T DekkerGeorge P van der SchellingCornelis VerhoefPim B Olthof

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2023)

This nationwide study on surgery for colon cancer shows there is a gradual but slow adoption of robotic surgery for colon cancer up to 6.9% in 2020. When comparing the outcomes of right, left, and sigmoid colectomy, clinical outcomes were similar between the robotic and laparoscopic approach. However, conversion rate is consistently lower in the robotic procedures.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
type diabetes
surgical site infection
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle