rectal cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The cases who underwent elective laparoscopic rectal resections for rectal cancer from January 2010 to December 2013 in the institutions enrolled to the Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery were retrospectively reviewed. The inclusion criteria for this study specified histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the rectal tumor located in RS, Ra or Rb. The tumor had to be StageII to StageIII as preoperatively assessment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who had other synchronous or metachronous cancers (excluding in situ cancer) within 5 years and received chemotherapy/radiotherapy prior to surgery were excluded. The cases performed by robotic surgery or cases of colitic cancer were also excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative complication rate (Clavien-DIndo classification Grade 3 or above) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate school of Medicine, Hokkaido University Department of Gastroenterological Surgery 1