Laparoscopic versus open resection for stage II/III rectal cancer in obese patients: A multicenter propensity score-based analysis of short- and long-term outcomes.
Tomonori AkagiKentaro NakajimaYasumitsu HiranoTomoya AbeRyo InadaYohei KonoHidefumi ShiroshitaTetsuji OhyamaMasafumi InomataSeiichiro YamamotoTakeshi NaitohYoshiharu SakaiMasahiko Watanabenull nullPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2022)
The short- and long-term results of this large cohort study (UMIN ID: UMIN000033529) indicated that laparoscopic surgery in obese rectal cancer patients has advantageous short-term outcomes and no disadvantageous long-term outcomes.