Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic surgery for lower rectal cancer: the impact of visceral obesity on surgical outcomes.

Journal: International journal of colorectal disease

PMID: 27599703

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the advantages of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) for lower rectal cancer and for visceral obesity cases, which have been regarded as challenging situations in rectal cancer surgery, comparing their surgical outcomes with those of conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS).

Authors

Akio Shiomi
Yusuke Kinugasa
Tomohiro Yamaguchi

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroyasu Kagawa

Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan, h.kagawa@scchr.jp.
Yushi Yamakawa

Keywords

Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Humans Laparoscopy Male Middle Aged Obesity, Abdominal Postoperative Care Rectal Neoplasms Robotics Treatment Outcome

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Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic surgery for lower rectal cancer: the impact of visceral obesity on surgical outcomes.

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