Does oncological outcome differ between restorative and nonrestorative low anterior resection in patients with primary rectal cancer?
Sapho X RoodbeenRobin D BlokWernard A BorstlapWillem A BemelmanRoel HompesPieter J Tanisnull nullPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
This nationwide study revealed that n-rLAR for rectal cancer was associated with poorer oncological outcome than r-LAR. This is probably a noncausal relationship, and might reflect technical difficulties during low pelvic dissection in a subset of those patients, with oncological implications.
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