Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: a Meta-analysis of Eight Studies

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 516-526

  Xiong, Binghong ^a   Ma, Li ^b   Huang, Wei ^c   Zhao, Qikang ^a   Cheng, Yong ^d   Liu, Jingshan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SHOUGANG HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Third Hospital of Mianyang   (China)

^c The Ninth People s Hospital of Chongqing City   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Meta analysis; Rectal cancer; Robotic; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATIVE TIME; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84925520223     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: 18734626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2697-8     Document Type: Article

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