Laparoscopic resection of rectal cancer results in higher lymph node yield and better short-term outcomes than open surgery: A large single-center comparative study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 679-688

  Boutros, Marylise ^a   Hippalgaonkar, Neha ^a   Silva, Emanuela ^a   Allende, Daniela ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a   Berho, Mariana ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Lymph nodes; Outcomes; Pathology; Proctectomy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879113456     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e318287c594     Document Type: Article

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