A real-world study has concluded that robotic surgery significantly improves three-year relapse-free survival compared with laparoscopic surgery in patients with rectal cancer. Of interest, the investigation found that robotic surgery offered limited benefit in patients 80 years of age and older.
“Robotic surgery offers several advantages over laparoscopic surgery in rectal cancer, and is being increasingly used for these procedures around the world,” began Ryosuke Mizuno, MD, a