Does conversion during minimally invasive rectal surgery for cancer have an impact on short-term and oncologic outcomes? Results of a retrospective cohort study.
Solafah AbdallaRenato Micelli LupinacciPietro GenovaOlivier OberlinNicolas GoasguenBettina FabianiAlain ValverdePublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)
Conversion to laparotomy during MIRS for cancer was associated with poorer postoperative results without impairing oncologic outcomes. The high frequency of reactive conversion due to intraoperative complications in robotic resections confirmed that MIRS for cancer is a technically challenging procedure.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- high frequency
- papillary thyroid
- robot assisted
- squamous cell
- rectal cancer
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- patients undergoing
- prostate cancer
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- radical prostatectomy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- metabolic syndrome
- risk factors
- coronary artery bypass
- acute coronary syndrome