Short-Term Surgical Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Laparoscopic and Open D3 Dissection for Stage II/III Colon Cancer

Yamamoto, Seiichiro; Inomata, Masafumi; Katayama, Hiroshi; Mizusawa, Junki; Etoh, Tsuyoshi; Konishi, Fumio; Sugihara, Kenichi; Watanabe, Masahiko; Moriya, Yoshihiro; Kitano, Seigo

doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000000499

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Short-Term Surgical Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Laparoscopic and Open D3 Dissection for Stage II/III Colon Cancer

Published in Annals of Surgery • Feb 7, 2014

Authors:

Seiichiro Yamamoto

Masafumi Inomata

Hiroshi Katayama

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: A randomized controlled trial to confirm the non-inferiority of laparoscopic surgery to open surgery in terms of overall survival was conducted, and short-term surgical outcomes are demonstrated. BACKGROUND: The efficacy and safety outcome of laparoscopic surgery for clinical stages II/II...

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Medicine

Laparoscopic surgery

Surgery

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