Robotic-assisted transanal total mesorectal excision: the key against the Achilles' heel of rectal cancer?

Ann Surg

*Oncologic Surgery, Ospedale Rummo, Benevento, Italy; and †Digestive Surgery, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France.

Published: May 2015

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