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The primary outcome was a positive circumferential resection margin (CRM+). Secondary outcomes included conversion to open surgery, total mesorectal excision (TME) specimen quality, and 30-day overall and surgical complications. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 12 703 patients registered during the study period, 10 914 underwent abdominal resection; of these, 5874 were analysed in this study (3578 robotic-assisted; 2296 conventional laparoscopic surgery). There was no difference in CRM+ between the robotic-assisted and conventional laparoscopic surgery groups (6.5% versus 5.9%, respectively; P = 0.291). Conversion to open surgery was more frequent in the conventional laparoscopic surgery group (16.1% versus 9.1%; P &amp;lt; 0.001). In addition, 30-day surgical complications were more common in the robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery group (21.5% versus 19.3%; P = 0.044), including a higher rate of anastomotic leakage (10.9% versus 7.4%; P = 0.001). In multivariable analysis, neither technique was an independent predictor of CRM+ (odds ratio (OR) 0.99; 95% confidence interval (c.i.) 0.75 to 1.30; P = 0.925). For secondary outcomes robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery reduced the risk of conversion to open surgery (OR 0.51; 95% c.i. 0.41 to 0.63; P &amp;lt; 0.001), but resulted in fewer complete TME specimens (OR 0.66; 95% c.i. 0.52 to 0.83; P &amp;lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>No short-term oncological advantage in terms of radial margin positivity was demonstrated between the two techniques. 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