Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 190-194 , December 2009

Complications of Robotic Total Mesorectal Excision

  • Jeong-Heum Baek, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Gachon University of Medicine & Science, Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea
    • Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
    • ,
  • Shaun McKenzie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
    • ,
  • Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Alessio Pigazzi, MD, Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010

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PII: S1043-1489(09)00045-1

doi: 10.1053/j.scrs.2009.08.008

Seminars in Colon & Rectal Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 190-194 , December 2009

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