Open AccessFive-year long-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer
Author(s) -
Hai-Long Bai
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i39.4992
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopic surgery , colorectal cancer , meta analysis , randomized controlled trial , laparoscopy , surgery , confidence interval , medline , open surgery , clinical trial , cancer , political science , law
To perform a meta-analysis to answer whether long-term recurrence rates after laparoscopic-assisted surgery are comparable to those reported after open surgery.