Laparoscopically assisted vs open colectomy for colon cancer: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Arch Surg on March 01, 2007

Authors

H Jacob Bonjer1, Wim C J Hop, Heidi Nelson, Daniel J Sargent, Antonio M Lacy, Antoni Castells, Pierre J Guillou, Helen Thorpe, Julia Brown, Salvadora Delgado, Esther Kuhrij, Eva Haglind, Lars Påhlman, Transatlantic Laparoscopically Assisted vs Open Colectomy Trials Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. jaap.bonjer@dal.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Creating a Proficiency-Based Virtual Reality Simulation Training Programme for Laparoscopic Assisted Colectomy (LAC) | NCT00752817

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