Laparoscopy for rectal cancer is oncologically adequate: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 334-348

  Arezzo, Alberto ^a   Passera, Roberto ^b   Salvai, Alessandro ^a   Arolfo, Simone ^a   Allaix, Marco Ettore ^a   Schwarzer, Guido ^c   Morino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Meta analysis; Rectal cancer; Rectal neoplasms; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE RATIO; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84927128619     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3686-4     Document Type: Article

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