Comparing outcomes of robotic versus open mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.

Journal: BJS open
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The outcomes of robot-assisted mesorectal excision for rectal cancer, compared with open resection, have not been fully characterized.

Authors

  • Rosa M Jiménez-Rodríguez
    Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Colorectal Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain. ros_j_r@hotmail.com.
  • Jessica Flynn
    Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Sujata Patil
    Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Maria Widmar
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Felipe Quezada-Diaz
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Patricio Lynn
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Paul Strombom
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Larissa Temple
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Joshua J Smith
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Iris H Wei
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Emmanouil P Pappou
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Jose G Guillem
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Philip P Paty
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Garrett M Nash
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
  • Martin R Weiser
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
  • Julio Garcia-Aguilar
    Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.