Robotic surgery for rectal cancer: Current immediate clinical and oncological outcomes

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 14359-14370

  Araujo, Sergio Eduardo Alonso ^a,b   Seid, Victor Edmond ^a,b   Klajner, Sidney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Minimally invasive; Rectal neoplasms; Robotics; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MORTALITY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84910107193     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i39.14359     Document Type: Review

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