The feasibility and advantages of robotic rectal surgery (RRS) in comparison to conventional open or laparoscopic rectal resections have been postulated in several reports. But well-known challenges and pitfalls of minimal invasive rectal surgery have not been evaluated by a prospective, multicenter setting so far. Aim of this study was to analyze the perioperative outcome of patients following RRS especially in regard to the pitfalls such as obesity, male patients and low tumors by a European multicenter setting.This prospective study included 348 patients undergoing robotic surgery due to rectal cancer in six major European centers. Clinicopathological parameters, morbidity, perioperative recovery and short-term outcome were analyzed.A total of 283 restorative surgeries and 65 abdominoperineal resections were carried out. The conversion rate was 4.3

作者：J K, Baukloh；M, Reeh；G, Spinoglio；A, Corratti；I, Bartolini；V M, Mirasolo；F, Priora；J R, Izbicki；M, Gomez Fleitas；M, Gomez Ruiz；D R, Perez

来源：European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology 2017 年 43卷 7期