Robotic surgery trends in general surgical oncology from the National Inpatient Sample

Robotic surgery is offered at most major medical institutions. The extent of its use within general surgical oncology, however, is poorly understood. We hypothesized that robotic surgery adoption in surgical oncology is increasing annually, that is occurring in all surgical sites, and all regions of the US. We identified patients with site-specific malignancies treated with surgical resection from the National Inpatient Sample 2010–2014...