Outcomes of open versus laparoscopic surgery in patients with rectal cancer.

José María QuintanaAne Anton-LadislaoSantiago LázaroNerea GonzalezMarisa BareNerea Fernandez de LarreaMaximino RedondoEduardo BrionesAntonio EscobarCristina SarasquetaSusana Garcia-Gutierreznull null

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2017)

Laparoscopic surgery and open surgery provide quite similar results in patients with rectal cancer up to 2 years after intervention in most outcomes, though the rates of certain medical and infectious complications at admission and up to 1 year after the intervention were higher in open surgery.

Keyphrases

laparoscopic surgery
minimally invasive
rectal cancer
randomized controlled trial

locally advanced
coronary artery bypass
emergency department
risk factors

surgical site infection
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
coronary artery disease

percutaneous coronary intervention
acute coronary syndrome
weight loss