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ArticleWorld journal of surgery2016

10-Year Oncologic Outcomes After Laparoscopic or Open Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer.

Marco E Allaix, Giuseppe Giraudo, Alessia Ferrarese, Alberto Arezzo, Fabrizio Rebecchi, Mario Morino

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Article in World journal of surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Marco E AllaixDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy. meallaix@gmail.com.
Giuseppe GiraudoDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy.
Alessia FerrareseDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy.
Alberto ArezzoDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy.
Fabrizio RebecchiDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy.
Mario MorinoDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy.

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Abstract

backgroundOnly few studies have compared laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (LTME) and open total mesorectal excision (OTME) for rectal cancer with follow-up longer than 5 years. The aim of this study was to compare 10-year oncologic outcomes after LTME and OTME for nonmetastatic rectal cancer.

methodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis of a prospective database of rectal cancer patients undergoing LTME or OTME. Statistical analyses were performed on an ''intention-to-treat'' basis and by actual treatment. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were compared by using the Kaplan-Meier method. A multivariable analysis was performed to identify predictors of poor survival.

resultsBetween April 1994 and August 2005, a total of 153 LTME patients and 154 OTME patients were included. Similarly, 10-year OS and DFS after LTME and OTME were observed: 76.8 versus 70.6 % (P = 0.138) and 69.1 versus 67.6 % (P = 0.508), respectively. Conversion to OTME did not adversely affect OS and DFS. Stage-by-stage comparison showed no significant differences between LTME and OTME. No significant differences were observed in local recurrence rates after LTME and OTME (6.5 vs. 7.8 %, P = 0.837). Median time until local recurrence was 24.5 (range, 12-56) months after LTME and 22 (6-64) months after OTME (P = 0.777). Poor tumor differentiation, lymphovascular invasion, and a lymph node ratio of 0.25 or more were the independent predictors of poorer OS and DFS.

conclusionThis retrospective study with long follow-up did not show significant differences between the two groups in OS and DFS.

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