Failure to rescue following proctectomy for rectal cancer: the additional benefit of laparoscopic approach in a nationwide observational study of 44,536 patients.
Mehdi El AmraniGuillaume ClementXavier LenneAnthony TurpinCaroline ValibouzeMoshe RogosnitzkyDidier TheisFrançois-René PruvotPhilippe ZerbibPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)
When complications occurred, patients operated on by open proctectomy were more likely to die.