Evidence based medicine and surgical approaches for colon cancer: Evidences, benefits and limitations of the laparoscopic vs open resection

Table 1 Exclusion list of the manuscripts

No.	Author	Ref.	Cause of exclusion
1	Sasaki J	J Nippon Med Sch 2012; 79:259-66	Different outcome measure
2	Turagava J	N Z Med J 2012; 125: 17-26	Only laparoscopy group
3	Poulsen M	J Gastrointest Surg 2012; 16: 1554-1558	Only laparoscopy group
4	Roscio F	Int J Surg 2012; 10: 290-295	Only laparoscopy group
5	Wang G	Hepatogastroenterology 2012; 59: 2158-2163	Only laparoscopy group
6	Rottoli M	Surg Endosc 2012; 26: 1971-1976	Different outcome measure
7	Campos FG	Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2011; 21: 327-333	Exclusively familial polyposis patients
8	Panait L	Chirurgia (Bocur) 2011; 106: 475-478	Only laparoscopy group
9	Hendren S	Dis Colon Rectum 2011; 54: 1362-1367	Different outcome measure
10	Issa N	J Gastrointest Surg 2011; 15: 2011-2015	Only laparoscopy group
11	McNicol FJ	Colorect Dis 2012; 14: 458-462	Rectal cancers
12	Fujii S	Hepatogastroenterology 2011; 58: 406-410	Only laparoscopy group
13	Akmal Y	Surg Endosc 2011; 25: 2967-2971	Only laparoscopy group
14	Senthil M	Arch Surg 2010; 145: 840-843	Different outcome measure
15	Han SA	Int J Colorect Dis 2010; 25: 631-638	Different outcome measure
16	Park IJ	J Gastrointest Surg 2009; 13: 960-965	Emergency resections
17	Heise CP	Dis Colon Rectum 2008; 51: 1790-1794	Rectal cancers
18	Strhölein MA	Dis Colon Rectum 2008; 51: 385-391	Rectal cancers
19	Moloo H	Dis Colon Rectum 2008; 51: 173-180	Only laparoscopy group
20	Zhang H	Minim Invasiv Ther allied Technol 2007; 16: 187-191	Rectal cancers
21	Polle SW	Surg Endosc 2007; 21:1301-1307	Rectal cancers
22	Hasegawa H	Surg Endosc 2007; 21: 920-924	Rectal cancers
23	Del Rio P	Minerva Chir 2006; 61: 923-927	Only laparoscopy group
24	Schlachta CM	Surg Endosc 2007; 21: 396-369	Only laparoscopy group
25	Wong DC	Tech Coloproctol 2006; 10: 37-42	Rectal cancers
26	Moloo H	Dis Colon Rectum 2006; 49: 213-218	Only laparoscopy group
27	Larson DW	Dis Colon Rectum 2005; 48: 1845-1850	Rectal cancers
28	Kuhry E	Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 687-692	Different outcome measure
29	Adaki Y	Hepatogastroenterology 2003; 50: 1348-1351	Different outcome measure
30	Dunker MS	Dis Colon Rectum 2003; 46: 1238-1244	Different outcome measure
31	Pasupathy S	Tech Coloproctol 2001; 5: 19-22	Rectal cancers
32	Weeks JC	JAMA 2002; 287: 321-328	Different outcome measure
33	Nelson H	Swiss Surg 2001; 7: 248-251	Different outcome measure
34	Delgrado S	Dis Colon Rectum 2001; 44: 638-646	Different outcome measure
35	Brown SR	Dis Colon Rectum 2001; 44: 397-400	Rectal cancers
36	Marcello PW	Dis Colon Rectum 2000; 43: 604-608	Rectal cancers
37	Hewitt PM	Dis Colon Rectum 1998; 41: 901-909	Different outcome measure
38	Fukushima R	Dis Colon Rectum 1996; 39 (Suppl): S29-34	Different outcome measure
39	Bokey EL	Dis Colon Rectum 1996; 39 (Suppl): S29-34	Only laparoscopy group