The development and implementation of newer treatment modalities have significantly
increased the complexity in the management of rectal cancer, 1 with surgical treatment …

Purpose Two non-inferiority randomised control trials have questioned the utility of
laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer by failing to prove that pathological markers of high …

Background To analyze pathologic and perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic vs. open
resections for rectal cancer performed over the last 10 years. Methods A systematic literature …

Surgery that produces an optimal total mesorectal excision (TME) resection specimen
remains the cornerstone of curative rectal cancer management. In the modern era, despite …

Objective: To determine the morbidity, mortality, and pathologic outcomes of transanal total
mesorectal resection (taTME) versus laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (laTME) among …

Large comparative studies and multiple prospective randomized control trials (RCTs) have
reported equivalence in short and long-term outcomes between the open and laparoscopic …

Importance Rectal resection with mesorectal excision is the mainstay treatment for rectal
cancer. Objective To review and analyze the evidence concerning the pathologic outcomes …

Following the success and wide implementation of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, reports on
the use of laparoscopy for colon resections soon appeared. 1 Unfortunately, due to initial …

Goals Total mesorectal excision (TME) is the gold standard technique for the surgical
treatment of rectal cancer. Despite the benefits of minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic …

In 2006, the Cochrane Review [1] had identified 48 articles describing laparoscopic
resection for rectal cancer, although only three of those studies were randomized controlled …