Robotic Surgery for Rectal Cancer: Hype or Hope? (Indian Experience).

ABSTRACT: The primary goal to achieve cure in oncology is to reduce recurrence, maximize disease-free survival, maintain function, and optimize quality of life. Surgery remains the mainstay treatment modality in rectal cancer. The current trend is to perform least invasive method of doing complex surgeries while not compromising in the oncological of functional outcomes of patients. Total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer surgery entails removal of the rectum with its fascia as an intact unit while preserving surrounding vital structures. The procedure is technically challenging because of the narrow and deep pelvic cavity housing the rectum encased by fatty lymph vascular tissue within the perirectal fascia, distally the anal sphincter complex, and an intimate surrounded by vital structur

SUBMITTER: Somashekhar SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7714808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature