Dealing with robot-assisted surgery for rectal cancer: Current status and perspectives

Table 4 Clinical results of laparoscopic and robotic surgery for rectal cancer

Ref.	Conversions (%)		P value	Hospital stay (d)		P value	Complications (%)		P value
	ROB	LAP		ROB	LAP		ROB	LAP
Park et al[58]	0	0	1.000	9.9	9.4	0.500	29.3	23.2	0.400
Kang et al[33]	2	3	1.000	11.7	14.4	0.006	20	27	0.400
Kwak et al[59]	0	3.4	0.400	NA	NA		32	27	NS
Baek et al[50]	7.3	22	0.116	6.5	6.6	0.800	22	27	1.000
Bianchi et al[60]	0	4	NA	6.5	6	0.400	16	24	0.500
Baik et al[17]	0	10.5	0.013	5.7	7.6	0.001	10.7	19.3	0.025
Patriti et al[63]	0	19	< 0.05	11.9	9.6	> 0.05	30.6	18.9	> 0.05

ROB: Robotic resection; LAP: Laparoscopic resection; NA: Not available; NS: Not significant.