Expert opinion on laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer parallels evidence from a cumulative meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

<h4>Background</h4>This study sought to synthesize survival outcomes from trials of laparoscopic and open colorectal cancer surgery, and to determine whether expert acceptance of this technology in the literature has parallel cumulative survival evidence.<h4>Study design</h4>...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Martel, Alyson Crawford, Jeffrey S Barkun, Robin P Boushey, Craig R Ramsay, Dean A Fergusson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22532846/pdf/?tool=EBI