Total mesorectal excision quality in rectal cancer surgery affects local recurrence rate but not distant recurrence and survival: population-based cohort study.
Åsa CollinCecilia DahlbäckJoakim FolkessonPamela BuchwaldPublished in: BJS open (2024)
Muscularis propria resection increases the risk of local recurrence but does not seem to affect distant recurrence or survival.