Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision for Extraperitoneal Rectal Cancer: Long-Term Results of a 18-Year Single-Centre Experience

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[2] Sargent DJ(2007)for the Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group. Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer is not inferior to open surgery based on 5-year data from the COST Study Group Ann Surg 246 655-62

[3] Green E(2006)Systematic review of laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer Br J Surg 93 921-8

[4] Anvari M(2008)Long-term results of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection Cochrane Database Syst Rev 16 CD003432-82

[5] Stryker SJ(2013)Long-term follow-up of the Medical Research Council CLASICC trial of conventional versus laparoscopically assisted resection in colorectal cancer Br J Surg 100 75-899

[6] Beart RW(1998)Rectal Cancer. The Basingstoke experience of total mesorectal excision, 1978–1997 Arch. Surg. 133 894-31

[7] Hellinger M(2011)Laparoscopic sphincter-preserving total mesorectal excision: 10-year report Colorectal Dis. 13 627-61

[8] Flanagan R(2009)Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer. Long-term oncologic result Ann. Surg. 250 54-18

[9] Peters W(2013)COlorectal cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection II (COLOR II) Study Group. Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer (COLOR II): short-term outcomes of a randomised, phase 3 trial Lancet Oncol 14 210-17

[10] Nelson H(1997)Multimodal approach to control postoperative pathophysiology and rehabilitation Br J Surg 78 606-98

[1] Fleshman J(2005)Laparoscopic surgery versus open surgery for colon cancer: short-term outcomes of a randomised trial Lancet Oncol 6 477-84

[2] Sargent DJ(2007)for the Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group. Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer is not inferior to open surgery based on 5-year data from the COST Study Group Ann Surg 246 655-62

[3] Green E(2006)Systematic review of laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer Br J Surg 93 921-8

[4] Anvari M(2008)Long-term results of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection Cochrane Database Syst Rev 16 CD003432-82

[5] Stryker SJ(2013)Long-term follow-up of the Medical Research Council CLASICC trial of conventional versus laparoscopically assisted resection in colorectal cancer Br J Surg 100 75-899

[6] Beart RW(1998)Rectal Cancer. The Basingstoke experience of total mesorectal excision, 1978–1997 Arch. Surg. 133 894-31

[7] Hellinger M(2011)Laparoscopic sphincter-preserving total mesorectal excision: 10-year report Colorectal Dis. 13 627-61

[8] Flanagan R(2009)Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer. Long-term oncologic result Ann. Surg. 250 54-18

[9] Peters W(2013)COlorectal cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection II (COLOR II) Study Group. Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer (COLOR II): short-term outcomes of a randomised, phase 3 trial Lancet Oncol 14 210-17

[10] Nelson H(1997)Multimodal approach to control postoperative pathophysiology and rehabilitation Br J Surg 78 606-98