Robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for colorectal disease, focusing on rectal cancer: A meta-analysis

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3727-3736

  Yang, Yongzhi ^a,b   Wang, Feng ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Shi, Chenzhang ^b   Zou, Yang ^b   Qin, Huanlong ^a   Ma, Yanlei ^a  

^a TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONVENTIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; EMBASE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM CANCER; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84868118891     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2429-9     Document Type: Article

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