Male urogenital function after robot-assisted and laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: a prospective cohort study.

Journal: BMC surgery
Published Date: May 14, 2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Urogenital dysfunction is recognized as a serious complication affecting patient quality of life after rectal cancer surgery to treat rectal cancer; however, the studies focus on the urogenital function after robot-assisted rectal cancer surgery compared to laparoscopic surgery are limited.

Authors

  • Bo Tang
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 45 Upper College Rd., Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
  • Gengmei Gao
    Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, 330006, Nanchang, China.
  • Shanping Ye
    Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, 330006, Nanchang, China.
  • Dongning Liu
    Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, 330006, Nanchang, China.
  • Qunguang Jiang
    Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, 330006, Nanchang, China.
  • Junhua Ai
    Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, 330006, Nanchang, China.
  • Xiong Lei
    Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, 330006, Nanchang, China.
  • Jun Shi
    School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: junshi@staff.shu.edu.cn.
  • Taiyuan Li
    Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, 330006, Nanchang, China. jylitaiyuan@sina.com.

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