Mesorectal fat area and mesorectal area affect the surgical difficulty of robotic‐assisted mesorectal excision and intersphincteric resection respectively in different ways

Abstract

It is suggested that a large MFA could affect the difficulty of ME in robotic-assisted ME, while a small mesorectal area could increase the surgical difficulty of robotic-assisted ISR for low rectal cancer. Besides, the pelvic outlet length was associated with the use of transanal dissection. Further studies are needed to validate the results and draw more scientific conclusions.