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Network meta-analysis of protocol-driven care and laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer.

A C CurrieGeorge MalietzisJ T JenkinsT YamadaH AshrafianT AthanasiouK OkabayashiR H Kennedy
Published in: The British journal of surgery (2016)
Laparoscopic surgery combined with protocol-driven care reduces colorectal cancer surgery complications, but not mortality. The reduction in complications with protocol-driven care is greater for open surgery than for laparoscopic approaches. Registration number: CRD42015017850 (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO).
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