Outcomes of robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer: propensity-matched analysis of the National Clinical Database in Japan.

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• T Matsuyama
  Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• H Endo
  Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• H Yamamoto
  Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• I Takemasa
  Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
• K Uehara
  Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
• T Hanai
  Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
• H Miyata
  Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• T Kimura
  Division of Oral Care and Clinical Education, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
• H Hasegawa
  Project Management Subcommittee, Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo, Japan.
• Y Kakeji
  Database Committee, Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokyo, Japan.
• M Inomata
  Department of Gastroenterological and Paediatric Surgery, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
• Y Kitagawa
  Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-Machi Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 1608582, Japan.
• Y Kinugasa
  Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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