Table 2.

Total mesorectal excision grade outcomes

Study	TME complete		p Value
	Robot	Lap
Baik et al26	92.9%	75.4%	0.033
Kim et al16	97.0%	90.9%	0.41
Jayne et al13	76.4%	77.6%	0.14
Lim et al18	95.9%	100%	0.384
Valverde et al27	88.0%	82.0%	0.28
Kim et al14	80.3%	78.1%	0.599

Lap = laparoscopic; TME = total mesorectal excision.