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Outcome following laparoscopic and open total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

Freddy Penninckx, Alex Kartheuser, J. Van de Stadt, Piet Pattyn, B. Mansvelt, Claude Bertrand, E. Van Eycken, David Jegou, Steffen Fieuws

British journal of surgery · 2013 · 75 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Oncological outcome is comparable after laparoscopic and open TME in everyday surgical practice.

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