Feasibility of robotic multivisceral resections in colorectal cancer patients: a NSQIP-based study

Robotic approach to colonic resection: For some or for all patients?

“…Patients undergoing surgery for advanced colonic tumours, particularly those that involve adjacent organs or the abdominal wall, will benefit from the stability and dexterity that the robot has to offer in resecting these tumours en bloc . Many authors have recently published retrospective series of single‐stage robotic multivisceral resections [36–38]; however, these series include colectomies with en bloc resection of adjacent organs as well as concurrent resection of nonadjacent organs for a second pathology or distant metastasis. The benefit of RAS is clear, especially when performing en bloc resection for clinical T4b tumours as it offers greater precision in achieving clear margins without excessive resection of healthy tissue.…”