Robotic transanal total mesorectal excision assisted by laparoscopic transabdominal approach: A preliminary twenty-case series report

Summary: Background: Laparoscopy-assisted robotic transanal total mesorectal excision is a novel surgical technique for rectal cancer resection. Compared to prior DaVinci Si system case series, this case series is the first to report robotic taTME assisted by laparoscopy (r-taTME) in which the “tra...

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Main Authors: Je-Ming Hu, Chun-Ho Chu, Jeng-Kae Jiang, Yi-Ling Lai, I-Ping Huang, Andy Yi-Ming Cheng, Shung-Haur Yang, Chien-Chih Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958419302866