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Robot-assisted Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Middle-low Rectal Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2022
[State of the Art Rectal Surgery]
Lena-Christin Conradi1, Gwendolyn Haas1, Johannes Robert Fleischer1
1Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral und Kinderchirurgie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.
Abstract:
The multimodal treatment of rectal cancer has differentiated considerably over the last decade depending on the characteristics of the tumor and the patient's circumstances. Surgery continues to be an important pillar of therapy, the quality of which is of prognostic relevance for affected patients. This review provides an up-to-date overview of the indications for the various surgical procedures, current developments in perioperative management and the timing of surgery.
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