A Randomized Trial of Laparoscopic versus Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Jaap Bonjer, H.; L. Deijen, Charlotte; A. Abis, Gabor; A. Cuesta, Miguel; H. G. M. van der Pas, M.; S.M. de Lange–de Klerk, Elly; M. Lacy, Antonio; A. Bemelman, Willem; Andersson, John; Angenete, Eva; Rosenberg, Jacob; Fuerst, Alois; Haglind, Eva

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1414882

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A Randomized Trial of Laparoscopic versus Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 2, 2015

Authors:

H. Jaap Bonjer

Charlotte L. Deijen

Gabor A. Abis

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer is widely used. However, robust evidence to conclude that laparoscopic surgery and open surgery have similar outcomes in rectal cancer is lacking. A trial was designed to compare 3-year rates of cancer recurrence in the pelvic or perineal area ...

Subject

Medicine

Colorectal cancer

Laparoscopic surgery

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