Mitsuru Ishizuka

Jul 13, 2024 | ejso.com | Mitsuru Ishizuka |Norisuke Shibuya |Hiroyuki Hachiya |Yusuke Nishi |Takayuki Shiraki |Takatsugu Matsumoto | +8 more

Abstract To investigate whether robotic surgery (RS) decreases the risk of circumferential resection margin (CRM) positivity compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery (LS) in patients with rectal cancer (RC) undergoing mesorectal excision (ME). Although it is well known that CRM positivity affects postoperative outcomes in patients with RC undergoing ME, few studies have investigated whether RS is superior to conventional LS for the risk of CRM positivity.