1. Future of Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery
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Matthew D. Whealon, Alessio Vinci, and Alessio Pigazzi
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robotics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General surgery ,Sentinel lymph node ,laparoscopy ,Gastroenterology ,Colorectal surgery ,Colo-Rectal Cancer ,Surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,sentinel lymph node ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Invasive surgery ,medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Digestive Diseases ,business ,Laparoscopy ,telesurgical system ,Cancer - Abstract
Minimally invasive surgery is slowly taking over as the preferred operative approach for colorectal diseases. However, many of the procedures remain technically difficult. This article will give an overview of the state of minimally invasive surgery and the many advances that have been made over the last two decades. Specifically, we discuss the introduction of the robotic platform and some of its benefits and limitations. We also describe some newer techniques related to robotics.
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- 2016
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