Lymph node yield in right colectomy for cancer: a comparison of open, laparoscopic and robotic approaches
Colorectal Disease2017Vol. 19(10), pp. 888–894
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Maria Widmar, Metin Keskin, Paul Strombom, P.C. Montenegro Beltran, Oliver S. Chow, J. Joshua Smith, Garrett M. Nash, Jinru Shia, David Russell, J. Garcia‐Aguilar
Abstract
Robotic right colectomy improves LN yield and the LN-LSS ratio, which may reflect better mesocolic excision. The effect of these findings on survival requires further investigation.