title: Should resection of colorectal cancer be performed with laparoscopic assistance?
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Unit, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, UK. k.l.campbell@tuht.scot.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011336:Probability; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom