Uptake of robot-assisted colon cancer surgery in the Netherlands.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
PMID: 37644155

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The robot-assisted approach is now often used for rectal cancer surgery, but its use in colon cancer surgery is less well defined. This study aims to compare the outcomes of robotic-assisted colon cancer surgery to conventional laparoscopy in the Netherlands.

Authors

  • Marlou F M Sterk
    Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands.
  • Rogier M P H Crolla
    Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands.
  • Mareille Verseveld
    Department of Surgery, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Jan Willem T Dekker
    Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • George P van der Schelling
    Department of Surgery, Amphia Ziekenhuis, Breda, the Netherlands.
  • Cornelis Verhoef
    Department of Surgical Oncology and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Erasmus MC Cancer Centre, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Pim B Olthof
    Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands. p.olthof@erasmusmc.nl.

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