title: Robotic total mesorectal excision: operative technique and review of the literature.
abstract: In recent years, an increasing number of reports have been published on robotic colorectal surgery; this modality has also garnered an increasing amount of attention from the colorectal society. Most of the interest has been in robotic total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer. The purpose of this article is to briefly introduce our technique for total robotic TME and to review the recent literature regarding robotic TME for rectal cancer to summarize the current evidence on clinical and oncologic outcomes.
authors: Colorectal Division, Department of Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1, Anam-dong 5-ga, Sungbook-gu, Seoul 136-705, Korea. drkimsh@korea.ac.kr
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Kim
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Kwak
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008026:Ligation; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D056888:Patient Positioning; D061214:Patient Safety; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*