Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer (COLOR II): Short-term outcomes of a randomised, phase 3 trial

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-218

  van der Pas, Martijn HGM ^a   Haglind, Eva ^b   Cuesta, Miguel A ^a   Fürst, Alois ^c   Lacy, Antonio M ^d   Hop, Wim CJ ^e   Bonjer, Hendrik Jaap ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CARITAS KRANKENHAUS ST JOSEF   (Germany)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLEEDING; CANADA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOSTOMY; COMPLETE MESORECTAL EXCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; ILEOSTOMY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; NETHERLANDS; OPEN STUDY; OPEN SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MESORECTAL EXCISION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN; TUMOR PERFORATION; URETER INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875255184     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70016-0     Document Type: Article

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