Laparoscopic and robotic total mesorectal excision in the treatment of rectal cancer. Brief review and personal remarks.

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Published in Front Oncol on May 06, 2014

Authors

Paolo Pietro Bianchi1, Wanda Petz1, Fabrizio Luca2, Roberto Biffi3, Giuseppe Spinoglio4, Marco Montorsi5

Author Affiliations

1: Unit of Minimally Invasive Surgery, European Institute of Oncology , Milan , Italy.
2: Unit of Abdominal Integrated Surgery, European Institute of Oncology , Milan , Italy.
3: Division of Abdomino-Pelvic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology , Milan , Italy.
4: Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio , Alessandria , Italy.
5: Division of General Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, School of Medicine, University of Milan , Rozzano , Italy.

Associated clinical trials:

A Trial to Assess Robot-assisted Surgery and Laparoscopy-assisted Surgery in Patients With Mid or Low Rectal Cancer (COLRAR) | NCT01423214

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