An international, multicentre, prospective, randomised, controlled, unblinded, parallel-group trial of robotic-assisted versus standard laparoscopic surgery for the curative treatment of rectal cancer

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-241

  Collinson, Fiona J ^a   Jayne, David G ^b   Pigazzi, Alessio ^c   Tsang, Charles ^d   Barrie, Jennifer M ^a   Edlin, Richard ^e   Garbett, Christopher ^f   Guillou, Pierre ^b   Holloway, Ivana ^a   Howard, Helen ^a   Marshall, Helen ^a   McCabe, Christopher ^e   Pavitt, Sue ^e   Quirke, Phil ^b   Rivers, Carly S ^a   Brown, Julia M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University Surgical Cluster   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circumferential resection margin; Laparoscopic surgery; Rectal cancer; Robotic assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAPAROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857053117     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1313-6     Document Type: Article

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