Re-evaluation of possible vulnerable sites in the lateral pelvic cavity to local recurrence during robot-assisted total mesorectal excision.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
Published Date: Sep 24, 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite mechanical and technical improvements in laparoscopic and robot-assisted (LAR) rectal cancer procedures, the absence of prognostic disparities among various approaches cannot improve the quality of TME. The present study re-evaluated robot-assisted total mesorectal excision (TME) procedures to determine whether these procedures may reveal technical faults that may increase the rate of local recurrence (LR).

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  • Jin Cheon Kim
    Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea. jckim@amc.seoul.kr.
  • Jin Su Han
    Department of Surgery and Institute of Innovative Cancer Research, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88, Olympic-ro-43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Korea.
  • Jong Lyul Lee
    Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Institute of Innovative Cancer Research, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, 88, Olympic-ro-43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea.
  • Chan Wook Kim
    Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea.
  • Yong Sik Yoon
    Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea.
  • Sung Ho Park
    Division of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dongguk University, 30 Pildong-ro 1-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Korea. pshgod91@dongguk.edu.
  • Jihun Kim
    School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sankyuk-Dong, Puk-Gu, Taegu 702-701, Republic of Korea.

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