Robotic versus laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis of long-term survival and urogenital functional outcomes.

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Authors

• Xian Li
  Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
• Zhen-Hua Liu
  Department of Pharmacy, Guizhou Orthopedic Hospital, Guiyang, China.
• Ning Wang
  Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Dezhou Hospital, Dezhou, Shandong, China.
• Jie Ding
  State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Joint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
• Fei Fan
  West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
• Xiang-Ying Cen
  Graduate School of Zunyi Medical University, ZunYi, China.
• Ming Wu
  Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: w-ming@northwestern.edu.
• Rui Mi
  Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhijin County People's Hospital, Bijie, China.
• Hang Liu
  Interventional Department, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
• Yuan-Ling Zhang
  Guizhou University Medical College, Guiyang, China.

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