Robot-assisted colectomy is associated with improved perioperative outcomes and favorable survival in stage I-III colon cancer: a nationwide overlap-weighted analysis.

Nozomi Yamazaki¹, Marie Hanaoka², Shinichi Yamauchi¹, Hiroyasu Kagawa¹, Peng-Lin Lin³, Minkyung Shin³, Yusuke Kinugasa¹

¹Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.

²Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. hanasrg1@tmd.ac.jp.

³Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted colectomy has been increasingly adopted for colon cancer because of its technical advantages; however, evidence regarding its short- and survival oncological outcomes remains limited. The aim of this study was to compare short- and survival outcomes among open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted colectomy (OC, LC, and RAC) for stage I-III colon cancer using a large real-wo…

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