Minimally Invasive Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Europe: Implementation and Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of colorectal cancer (CRC) was first introduced over 20 years ago and recently has gained increasing acceptance and usage beyond clinical trials. However, data on dissemination of the method across countries and on long-term outcomes are still sparse.In the context of a European collaborative study, a total of 112,023 CRC cases from 3 population-based (N = 109,695) and 4 institute-based clinical cancer registries (N = 2328) were studied and compared on the utilization of MIS versus open surgery. Cox regression models were applied to study associations between surgery type and survival of patients from the population-based registries. The study considered adjustment for potential confounders.The percentage of CRC patients undergoing MIS differed substantiall

SUBMITTER: Babaei M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4900730 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature