title: Response to 'Morbidity after laparoscopic and open rectal cancer surgery: a comparative analysis of morbidity in octogenarians and younger patients'.
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK. hannahsellars@nhs.net.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Sellars
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Keogh
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thakral
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bethune
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009017:Morbidity; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome