Operative blood loss and use of blood products after full robotic and conventional low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision for treatment of rectal cancer

To date, no studies have investigated the estimated blood loss (EBL) after full robotic low anterior resection (R-LAR) in a case-matched model, comparing it with the conventional open approach (O-LAR). Forty-nine patients in the R-LAR and 105 in the O-LAR group were matched for age, gender, BMI (bod...

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Main Authors: Biffi, Roberto, Luca, Fabrizio, Pozzi, Simonetta, Cenciarelli, Sabine, Valvo, Manuela, Sonzogni, Angelica, Radice, Davide, Ghezzi, Tiago Leal
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098974/