A rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding treated with robotic colorectal surgery

A rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding treated with robotic colorectal surgery

Abstract Background Metastatic melanoma to the colon is rarely diagnosed with an incidence of only 0.3% and more than 95% of cases identified post-mortem. Survival for patients with metastatic melanoma to the colon is poor, with 5-year survival rates of 26.5%. Nonetheless, surgical resection of the...

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Main Authors: Robin Osofsky, Cyril Kamya, Hamza Hanif, Victor Phuoc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Metastatic melanoma
Sigmoidectomy
Sigmoid colectomy
Robotic surgery
Da Vinci
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01207-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01207-6

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