Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5702341 | Surgical Oncology | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The learning curve for oncological RRC with intracorporeal anastomosis is composed of 3 phases. Our data indicate that the performance of RRC is safe from an oncological point of view in all of the three phases of the learning curve. However, the technical skills necessary to significantly reduce operative time, conversion to open surgery rate and to significantly improve the number of harvested lymph nodes were achieved after 44 procedures. These data suggest that it might be prudent to start the RRC learning curve by treating only benign diseases and to reserve the performance of oncological resection to when at least the initial learning phase has been completed.
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Authors
Amilcare Parisi, Luca Scrucca, Jacopo Desiderio, Alessandro Gemini, Salvatore Guarino, Francesco Ricci, Roberto Cirocchi, Giorgio Palazzini, Vito D'Andrea, Liliana Minelli, Stefano Trastulli,