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Surgical resection for rectal cancer. Is laparoscopic surgery as successful as open approach? A systematic review with meta-analysis

Marco Milone ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: milone.marco.md@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5612-1926

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Michele Manigrasso,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Morena Burati,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Nunzio Velotti,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Francesco Milone,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Giovanni Domenico De Palma

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Advanced Technologies, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Surgical resection for rectal cancer. Is laparoscopic surgery as successful as open approach? A systematic review with meta-analysis

Marco Milone,
Michele Manigrasso,
Morena Burati,
Nunzio Velotti,
Francesco Milone,
Giovanni Domenico De Palma

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Published: October 9, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204887

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