Robotic-assisted surgery conversion: the sooner, the better? Insights from a single-center study

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States; School of General Surgery, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
• ² Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States; General Surgery Residency Program, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
• ³ Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
• ⁴ Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
• ⁵ Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States. Electronic address: Larson.David2@mayo.edu.