Copyright
©The Author(s) 2017. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2017; 23(44): 7906-7916
Published online Nov 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i44.7906
Published online Nov 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i44.7906
Short-term clinical outcomes of laparoscopic vs open rectal excision for rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Francesco Brunetti, Nicola de’Angelis, Department of Digestive, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Henri Mondor University Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris Est - UPEC, 94010 Créteil, France
Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, 46017 Valencia, Spain
Maria Clotilde Carra, Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris VII, 75012 Paris, France
Author contributions: Martínez-Pérez A and de’Angelis N contributed to conception and design of the study, and drafted the manuscript; Martínez-Pérez A, Carra MC and de’Angelis N contributed to data acquisition, data analysis and interpretation; Brunetti F critically revised the article; all authors approved the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors deny any conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Nicola de’Angelis, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Digestive, Hepato-biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Henri Mondor University Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris Est - UPEC, 51 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France. nicola.deangelis@aphp.fr
Telephone: +33-1-49812348 Fax: +33-1-49812432
Received: July 10, 2017
Peer-review started: July 12, 2017
First decision: August 30, 2017
Revised: September 9, 2017
Accepted: September 19, 2017
Article in press: September 19, 2017
Published online: November 28, 2017
Processing time: 139 Days and 6.6 Hours
Peer-review started: July 12, 2017
First decision: August 30, 2017
Revised: September 9, 2017
Accepted: September 19, 2017
Article in press: September 19, 2017
Published online: November 28, 2017
Processing time: 139 Days and 6.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: There is no consensus on which technique, between laparoscopic rectal resection (LRR) and open rectal resection (ORR), is more beneficial for the patient. A systematic review and meta-analysis exclusively based on randomized clinical trials comparing LRR vs ORR has been performed. The pooled analyses focused on the evaluation and comparison of short-term clinical outcomes and showed that postoperative morbidity and mortality are similar between the two surgical approaches. However, LRR is associated with lesser blood loss and smaller incision length, which may represent clinical advantages for the patient.