Superior pathologic and clinical outcomes after minimally invasive rectal cancer resection, compared to open resection.
Grace C LeeLiliana G BordeianouTodd D FranconeLawrence S BlaszkowskyRobert N GoldstoneRocco RicciardiHiroko KunitakeMotaz QadanPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)
MIS approaches to rectal cancer resection were associated with improved pathologic and clinical outcomes when compared to the open approach. In this nationwide, facility-based sample of cancer cases in the United States, our data suggest superiority of MIS techniques for rectal cancer treatment.