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ESMO GI 2026 | Using AI-based surgical video analysis to improve surgical outcomes in rectal cancer
Marie Hanaoka, MD, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, discusses recent research on artificial intelligence (AI)-based surgical video analysis to objectively quantify nerve-sparing quality during robotic rectal cancer surgery, which found that preserved loose connective tissue area was significantly related to postoperative urinary dysfunction. This platform could be applied to other tumor sites and a future study is planned to examine the AI technique in pelvic lymph node dissection. This interview took place at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Gastrointestinal Cancer 2026 Congress in Munich, Germany.
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