Multicentre propensity score-matched analysis of laparoscopic versus open surgery for T4 rectal cancer.
Nicola De' AngelisFilippo LandiGiulio Cesare VitaliRiccardo MemeoAleix Martínez-PérezAlejandro SolisMichela AssalinoFrancesc VallriberaHenry Alexis MercoliJacques MarescauxDidier MutterFrédéric RisEloy EspinFrancesco BrunettiPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2016)
The present study suggests that LAR for pT4 rectal cancer can achieve good pathologic and oncologic outcomes similar to open surgery despite the risk of conversion. Moreover, laparoscopy offers the benefits of a faster recovery and a shorter hospital stay.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- minimally invasive
- locally advanced
- robot assisted
- coronary artery bypass
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- surgical site infection
- clinical trial
- study protocol
- radiation therapy
- type diabetes
- randomized controlled trial
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- adverse drug
- acute care
- lymph node
- atrial fibrillation