Short-term results in a population based study indicate advantage for minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery versus open
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Josefin Petersson; Peter Matthiessen; Kaveh Dehlaghi Jadid; David Bock; Eva Angenete
- Source
- BMC Surgery, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)
- Subject
- Rectal cancer
Minimally invasive surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
Robotic surgery
Surgery
RD1-811
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1471-2482
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to determine if minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for rectal cancer is non-inferior to open surgery (OPEN) regarding adequacy of cancer resection in a population based setting. Methods All 9,464 patients diagnosed with rectal cancer 2012–2018 who underwent curative surgery were included from the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry. Primary outcomes: Positive circumferential resection margin (CRM