Robotic-Assisted vs Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Affiliations

¹ Digestive Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
² Minimally Invasive Colorectal Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital National Health Services Trust, Portsmouth, England.

Comment

Sergio Alfieri et al. JAMA. 2018.

. 2018 Mar 20;319(11):1163-1164.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.21692.

¹ Digestive Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
² Minimally Invasive Colorectal Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital National Health Services Trust, Portsmouth, England.

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