Frailer Patients Undergoing Robotic Colectomies for Colon Cancer Experience Increased Complication Rates Compared With Open or Laparoscopic Approaches.
Lo BD, Leeds IL, Sundel MH, Gearhart S, Nisly GRC, Safar B, Atallah C, Fang SH. Frailer Patients Undergoing Robotic Colectomies for Colon Cancer Experience Increased Complication Rates Compared With Open or Laparoscopic Approaches. Diseases Of The Colon & Rectum 2020, 63: 588-597. PMID: 32032198, DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000001598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive surgical approachSurgical approachPrimary colon cancerFrailer patientsFrail patientsRobotic surgeryPostoperative complicationsComplication rateMajor complicationsRobotic colectomyOpen surgerySurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseColon cancerNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databasePropensity scoreImprovement Program databaseColon cancer surgeryMultivariable logistic regressionFrailty indexLaparoscopic approachPrimary outcomeCancer surgeryOperative indicationsRetrospective study