Robotic surgery for small bowel obstruction: a propensity score-matched analysis of the ACS-NSQIP database.
BACKGROUND Robotic surgery (RS) has expanded across elective surgical disciplines, yet its role in emergency general surgery remains poorly defined. Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is one of the most common indications for emergency abdominal surgery, and while laparoscopic surgery (LS) has demonstrated advantages over o...