Open versus robot-assisted sphincter-saving operations in rectal cancer patients: Techniques and comparison of outcomes between groups of 100 matched patients

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-475

  Kim, Jin C ^a   Yang, Sung S ^a   Jang, Tae Y ^a   Kwak, Jae Y ^a   Yun, Myung J ^a   Lim, Seok B ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Open; Rectal cancer; Robot assisted; Sphincter saving operation

Indexed keywords

ROBOTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

CANCER PATIENTS; OPEN; OPERATION TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL CANCER; ROBOT-ASSISTED; SAVING OPERATIONS; SPHINCTER SAVING OPERATION; STANDARD OF CARES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN SPHINCTER SAVING OPERATION; OPERATION DURATION; PERISTALSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM CANCER; ROBOT ASSISTED SPHINCTER SAVING OPERATION; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870434704     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1452     Document Type: Article

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