Short-term outcomes in robot-assisted compared to laparoscopic colon cancer resections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Pedja CukMie Dilling KjærChristian Backer MogensenMichael Festersen NielsenAndreas Kristian PedersenMark Bremholm Ellebæk

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)

RCS showed advantages in colonic cancer surgery regarding surgical efficacy and morbidity compared to LCS despite a predominant inclusion of non-RCT with serious risk of bias assessment and a very low level of evidence.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
papillary thyroid
coronary artery bypass
squamous cell
squamous cell carcinoma
ulcerative colitis
young adults
lymph node metastasis
liver metastases
childhood cancer
percutaneous coronary intervention
clinical evaluation