title: Differences in rectal cancer surgery: East versus West.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriya
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D019366:Western World