Robotic rectal cancer surgery: comparative study of the impact of obesity on early outcomes.

Robotic rectal cancer surgery: comparative study of the impact of obesity on early outcomes.
Br J Surg. 2020 Sep 30;:
Authors: Peacock O, Limvorapitak T, Hu CY, Bednarski BK, Tillman MM, Kaur H, Taggart MW, Dasari A, Holliday EB, You YN, Chang GJ
Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of robotic total mesorectal excision (TME) in obese versus non-obese patients. A total of 533 patients, of whom 161 were obese (30·2 per cent) underwent robotic proctectomy during the study interval. Patient obesity was not associated with adverse short-term clinical outcomes after robotic rectal cancer surgery.
PMID: 32996597 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - September 29, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Peacock O, Limvorapitak T, Hu CY, Bednarski BK, Tillman MM, Kaur H, Taggart MW, Dasari A, Holliday EB, You YN, Chang GJ Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research