Contemporary, national patterns of surgery after preoperative therapy for stage II/III rectal adenocarcinoma

Figure 1 CONSORT diagram of inclusion and exclusion criteria for cohort creation and survival analysis.

Figure 2 Distribution of surgical approach for stage II/III rectal cancer by year of diagnosis.

Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curves of overall survival, stratified by surgical approach for total mesorectal excision with and without sphincter preservation. A: With sphincter preservation; B: Without sphincter preservation. Shaded areas represent pointwise 95%CIs.