Predictors of operative difficulty in robotic low anterior resection for rectal cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study evaluates the relationship of tumour and anatomical features with operative difficulty in robotic low anterior resection performed by four experienced surgeons in a high-volume colorectal cancer practice.

Methods

Data from 382 patients who underwent robotic low anterior resection by four expert surgeons between January 2016 and June 2019 were included in the analysis. Operating time was used as a measure of operative difficulty. Univariate and multivariate mixed models were used to identify associations between baseline characteristics and operating time, with surgeon as a random effect, thereby controlling for variability in surgeon speed and proficiency. In an exploratory analysis, operative difficulty was defined as conversion to laparotomy, a positive marg

SUBMITTER: Yuval JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9701150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature