Robot‐assisted <i>vs</i> laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for external or internal rectal prolapse and enterocele: a randomized controlled trial

Johanna Mäkelä‐Kaikkonen, Tero Rautio, Eija Pääkkö, Fausto Biancari, Pasi Ohtonen, Jyrki Mäkelä

Colorectal Disease · 2016 · 74 citations · 16 references

Abstract

Robot-assisted laparoscopic ventral rectopexy can be performed safely and within the same operative time as conventional laparoscopy. Minimally invasive ventral rectopexy allows good anatomical correction as assessed by MR defaecography, with no differences between the techniques.

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