Robotic Surgery for Rectal Cancer: Initial Experience from 30 Consecutive Patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-407

  Karahasanoglu, Tayfun ^a,b   Hamzaoglu, Ismail ^a,b   Baca, Bilgi ^a   Aytac, Erman ^a   Erguner, Ilknur ^b   Uras, Cihan ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic assisted robotic surgery; Rectal cancer; Robotic surgery; Totally robotic rectal resection; Vaginal specimen extraction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856217143     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1737-x     Document Type: Article

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