title: Outcome of extralevator abdominoperineal excision over conventional abdominoperineal excision for low rectal tumor: a meta-analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A meta-analysis was undertaken to provide an evidence-based basis of clinical trials comparing extralevator abdominoperineal excision with conventional abdominoperineal excision for low rectal tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  We searched through the major medical databases such as PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, Science Citation Index, Web of Science for all published studies without any limit on language from January 2009 until January 2015. The following search terms were used: extralevator abdominoperineal excision or cylindrical abdominoperineal resection or conventional abdominoperineal excision or abdominoperineal excision or rectal cancer. Furthermore, Additional related studies were manually searched in the reference lists of all published reviews and retrieved articles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this meta-analysis, there are a total number of 1797 patients included: 1099 patients in the ELAPE group and 698 in the APE group, and there are not statistically differences between groups in CRM [RR=0.65, 95% CI (0.41, 1.04), P=0.07] and wound complications [RR=1.14, 95% CI (1.09, 1.66), P=0.45] between ELAPE and APE. However, ELAPE has a lower rate of intraoperation perforation [RR=0.44; 95% CI (0.33, 0.60); P<0.00001] and local recurrence [RR=0.45, 95% CI (0.27, 0.77), P=0.003] than APE in terms of short follow-up time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shandong Tumor Hospital Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Huirong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhenhua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Shouzhen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Qiming
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Wenhua West Road 44#, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Benkang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shi
keywords: Rectal cancer; abdominoperineal excision; extralevator abdominoperineal excision; meta-analysis