Robot-assisted rectal cancer surgery: short-term outcomes for 113 consecutive patients

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[10] Taura P(2004)Classification of surgical complications: a new proposal with evaluation in a cohort of 6336 patients and results of a survey Ann Surg 240 205-213

[1] Weeks JC(2002)Short-term quality-of-life outcomes following laparoscopic-assisted colectomy vs open colectomy for colon cancer: a randomized trial JAMA 287 321-328

[2] Nelson H(2002)Laparoscopy-assisted colectomy versus open colectomy for treatment of non-metastatic colon cancer: a randomised trial Lancet 359 2224-2229

[3] Gelber S(2005)Short-term endpoints of conventional versus laparoscopic-assisted surgery in patients with colorectal cancer (MRC CLASICC trial): multicentre, randomised controlled trial Lancet 365 1718-1726

[4] Sargent D(2013)Feasibility of laparoscopic intersphincteric resection for patients with cT1-T2 low rectal cancer Dig Surg 30 272-277

[5] Schroeder G(1995)Nerve-sparing surgery with lateral node dissection for advanced lower rectal cancer Eur J Cancer 31A 1229-1232

[6] Lacy AM(2012)Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2010 for the treatment of colorectal cancer Int J Clin Oncol 17 1-29

[7] Garcia-Valdecasas JC(1982)The mesorectum in rectal cancer surgery—the clue to pelvic recurrence? Br J Surg 69 613-616

[8] Delgado S(2001)Consensus statement of definitions for anorectal physiology and rectal cancer: report of the Tripartite Consensus Conference on Definitions for Anorectal Physiology and Rectal Cancer, Washington, D.C., May 1, 1999 Dis Colon Rectum 44 915-919

[9] Castells A(2007)Histological identification of fascial structures posterolateral to the rectum Br J Surg 94 620-626

[10] Taura P(2004)Classification of surgical complications: a new proposal with evaluation in a cohort of 6336 patients and results of a survey Ann Surg 240 205-213