BACKGROUND: Robotic surgery was developed to overcome the limitations of laparoscopic surgery and is increasingly used to treat low rectal cancer. In this study, we compared the operative, oncological, and functional outcomes of low rectal cancer pat...
BACKGROUND: Few data are available to assess the learning curve for robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the learning curve for robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer by a surgeon at a single in...
BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to evaluate the short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted lateral lymph node dissection for patients with advanced lower rectal cancer.
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopy offers some evidence of benefit compared to open rectal surgery. Robotic rectal surgery is evolving into an accepted approach. The objective was to analyze and compare laparoscopic and robotic rectal surgery learning curves wi...
OBJECTIVE: Predicting early recurrence (ER) in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is critical for clinical decision-making. This study aimed at comparing clinical, deep learning (DL), radiomics, and two fusion models for ER prediction based on mul...
Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Jun 25, 2025
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) is the standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), yet the pathological complete response (pCR) rates remain suboptimal. The introduction of immunotherapy has opened new avenues for LARC managem...
Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Jun 25, 2025
Sphincter-preserving surgery has become the mainstream approach for mid-to-low rectal cancer, yet postoperative anal dysfunction (low anterior resection syndrome, LARS) occurs in 30%-50% of patients, significantly impacting quality of life. This revi...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as a non-invasive detection method, is crucial for the clinical diagnosis and treatment plan of rectal cancer. However, due to the low contrast of rectal tumor signal in MRI, segmentation is often inaccurate. In this...
BACKGROUND: Despite the promising prospects of utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) for comprehensive disease analysis, few models constructed have been applied in clinical practice due to their complexity and the lack of reaso...
OBJECTIVES: To establish and validate deep learning (DL) models based on pre-treatment multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images of primary rectal cancer and basic clinical data for the prediction of synchronous liver metastases (SLM) i...
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