Laparoscopic-assisted APR improves postoperative recovery and seemingly does not jeopardize survival when compared with open surgery for low rectal cancer. A larger sample size is needed to fully assess oncological outcomes.
Laparoscopic-assisted anterior resection for upper rectal cancer is associated with fewer long-term complications and similar ten-year oncologic outcomes when compared with open surgery.
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