Efficacy of lateral lymph node dissection for local control of rectal cancer: A multicenter study.
Yusuke TanakaHitoshi HinoAkio ShiomiKay UeharaJun WatanabeTakeshi NishikawaHideki UenoYusuke KinugasaKazushige KawaiYoichi AjiokaPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2024)
LLND would lead to comparable local control in the pLLNM (+) and (-) groups if the clinicopathological characteristics except for LLNM are similar.