Highlights The operating time of robot-assisted mesorectal excision of rectal cancer (median 283.5 min) was longer than the open resection (median 249 min). 1 The rate of surgical complications was less in the robotic surgery patients (29%) than in the open surgery patients (45%). The rate of surgical site infections was also less in the robotic surgery patients (6.9%) than in the open surgery patients (21.3%) The median length of hospital stay was shorter among the robotic surgery patients (5 days) than the open surgery patients (7 days). Colorectal cancer is estimated to affect 1.9 million people and cause 935,000 deaths in 2020 worldwide.
2 Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical excision are recommended to treat colorectal cancer. However, the symptoms of cancer only appear at an advanced stage which may require surgical excision. 3 What was the need for the…
