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Completed and Ongoing Trials in Robotic Colorectal Surgery

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Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery

Abstract

The minimally invasive revolution for colorectal disease that started in 1990 was scrutinized and studied, culminating in randomized trials comparing the laparoscopic approach to open surgery. These studies demonstrated that oncologic outcomes were equivalent for colon cancer and that other relevant outcomes including hospital length of stay (LOS), recovery time, and cosmesis were improved with the minimally invasive approach [1–5]. These laparoscopic advantages have not been universally replicated for rectal cancer with respect to oncologic margins and hospital LOS [2, 6].

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Cleary, R.K. (2017). Completed and Ongoing Trials in Robotic Colorectal Surgery. In: Obias, V. (eds) Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43256-4_15

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