Simple Summary Surgery is the mainstay treatment for patients with rectal cancer. Open and
laparoscopic surgeries have been used for many years, but robot-assisted surgery has been …

Liver is the main target organ for colorectal cancer (CRC) metastases. It is estimated that~
25% of CRC patients have synchronous metastases at diagnosis, and about 60% of CRC …

Aim This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS‐
CoV‐2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of …

Background Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery for rectal cancer has
important technical limitations. Robot-assisted and transanal TME (TaTME) may overcome …

In colorectal surgery an anastomosis performed using poorly-perfused, ischaemic bowel
segments may result in a leak and consequent morbidity. Traditional measures of perfusion …

Simple Summary Rectal cancer surgery remains a challenge and information about the
learning curve in adopting new techniques is lacking. This paper analyzes our experience in …

Background Laparoscopic, robot-assisted, and transanal total mesorectal excision are the
minimally invasive techniques used most for rectal cancer surgery. Because data regarding …

IMPORTANCE In patients operated on for low rectal cancer, 2-stage Turnbull-Cutait pull-
through hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis provides benefits in terms of postoperative …

Aim Sphincter‐preserving operations for ultra‐low rectal cancer include low anterior and
intersphincteric resection. In low anterior resection, the distal rectum is divided by a …

BACKGROUND The first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Spain
lasted from middle March to the end of June 2020. Spanish population was subjected to …