Robotic-assisted surgery compared with laparoscopic resection surgery for rectal cancer: the ROLARR RCT

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1Academic Surgery, Leeds Institute of Biological and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 2Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA 3Clinical Trials Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 4Pathology and Tumour Biology, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 5Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 6Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK