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. 2021 May 31;55(4):433-438.
doi: 10.2478/raon-2021-0026.

Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: a case-control study

Jan Grosek  1   2 , Jurij Ales Kosir  1 , Primoz Sever  1 , Vanja Erculj  3 , Ales Tomazic  1   2
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Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: a case-control study

Jan Grosek et al. Radiol Oncol. .

Abstract

Background: Robotic resections represent a novel approach to treatment of colorectal cancer. The aim of our study was to critically assess the implementation of robotic colorectal surgical program at our institution and to compare it to the established laparoscopically assisted surgery.

Patients and methods: A retrospective case-control study was designed to compare outcomes of consecutively operated patients who underwent elective laparoscopic or robotic colorectal resections at a tertiary academic centre from 2019 to 2020. The associations between patient characteristics, type of operation, operation duration, conversions, duration of hospitalization, complications and number of harvested lymph nodes were assessed by using univariate logistic regression analysis.

Results: A total of 83 operations met inclusion criteria, 46 robotic and 37 laparoscopic resections, respectively. The groups were comparable regarding the patient and operative characteristics. The operative time was longer in the robotic group (p < 0.001), with fewer conversions to open surgery (p = 0.004), with less patients in need of transfusions (p = 0.004) and lower reoperation rate (p = 0.026). There was no significant difference between the length of stay (p = 0.17), the number of harvested lymph nodes (p = 0.24) and the overall complications (p = 0.58).

Conclusions: The short-term results of robotic colorectal resections were comparable to the laparoscopically assisted operations with fewer conversions to open surgery, fewer blood transfusions and lower reoperation rate in the robotic group.

Keywords: colorectal cancer; laparoscopic surgery; minimally invasive surgery; robotic surgery.

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