| Literature DB >> 26648792 |
Abstract
Robotic surgery is an emerging field in colorectal surgery and may overcome the limitations of conventional laparoscopic surgery, such as rigid instrumentation, poor ergonomics, and assistant-dependent camera movements and retraction. In addition, robotic-assisted colectomy appears to offer comparable outcomes to laparoscopic colectomy with limited long-term outcomes data. Prolonged operating time, increased costs and learning curve are the major drawbacks of robotic colectomy for colon cancer. Although new robotic platforms promise improved ingenuity through developing technology, the role of the robot in colon cancer surgery is still unclear.Entities:
Keywords: colectomy; colon cancer; robotic surgery
Year: 2015 PMID: 26648792 PMCID: PMC4655113 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564436
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Colon Rectal Surg ISSN: 1530-9681