A multicenter Japanese study of 135 patients shows robot-assisted pelvic exenteration for advanced rectal cancer achieved 98 percent complete resection with dramatically lower blood loss and no 30-day ...

Robotic APR shows better short-term outcomes than laparoscopic APR, with lower positive resection margins and conversion rates to open surgery. Robotic APR is associated with longer operation times ...

A new study shows that robotic surgery provides several important advantages over the laparoscopic approach to colorectal resections. The retrospective cohort study, published in the Journal of ...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery was found to be more effective in harvesting lymph nodes compared with conventional surgery with similar outcomes. Surgery is the most prevalent treatment for colon ...

Since the introduction of the Da Vinci ® robotic system, robot-assisted colon resection has gained popularity because of its the potential technical advantages. Recently, two new CE-marked platforms ...

Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS, discussed how robot-assisted surgery for colorectal cancers has evolved over the past 20 years. CancerNetwork ® spoke with Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, FACS, ...

Outcomes favoring robotic surgery for CRC may be influenced by patient selection factors, including clinical stability. Among select patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC), robotic ...