Lateral lymph node dissection reduces local recurrence of locally advanced lower rectal cancer in the absence of preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Xiang GaoCun WangYongyang YuDujanand SinghLie YangZongguang ZhouPublished in: World journal of surgical oncology (2020)
The protocol for this meta-analysis was registered prospectively with PROSPERO ( CRD42020135575 ) on 16 May 2019.