Robotic versus laparoscopic total mesorectal excision with lateral lymph node dissection for advanced rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Mohamed Ali Chaouch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: docmedalichaouch@gmail.com

  ¶‡ MAC and MIH are contributed equally as joint first authors

  Affiliation Department of visceral and digestive surgery, Monastir University Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9013-5229

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• Mohammad Iqbal Hussain ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ MAC and MIH are contributed equally as joint first authors

  Affiliation Department of Robotic Colorectal Surgery, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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• Adriano Carneiro da Costa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Alessandro Mazzotta,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, M. G. Vannini Hospital, Istituto Figlie Di San Camillo, Rome, Italy

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• Bassem Krimi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France

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• Amine Gouader,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France

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• Eddy Cotte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Lyon, University of Lyon, Lyon, France

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• Jim Khan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Robotic Colorectal Surgery, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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• Hani Oweira

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Universitäts Medizin Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

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