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Robotic rectal surgery in Korea: Analysis of a nationwide registry
Se-Jin Baek1, Jung-Myun Kwak1, Jin Kim1
1Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background:
The aim of this study is to analyze the progress and the present state of application of robotic rectal surgery in Korea.
Methods:
We used data from patients who underwent robotic, laparoscopic or open approaches for four types of operative procedures between 2006 and 2014: (1) anterior resection (AR), (2) low anterior resection (LAR), (3) intersphincteric resection (ISR) and (4) abdominoperineal resection (APR).
Results:
The number of hospitals performing robotic rectal surgery has increased. Low anterior resection accounts for the largest percentage of robotic surgeries (mean 67.2%), and the number and proportion of ISRs performed robotically have increased rapidly (mean 22.6%). In addition, the dependence on robotic methods for ISR and APR increased rapidly over the study period.
Conclusion:
The use of robotic rectal surgery has widened over the last decade in Korea, and it has been convergent with surgeries for rectal lesions located near the anal verge.
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