The British journal of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Health-related quality of life after laparoscopic and open surgery for rectal cancer in a randomized trial.
Previous studies comparing laparoscopic and open surgical techniques have reported improved health-related quality of life (HRQL). This analysis compared HRQL 12 months after laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer in a subset of a randomized trial. ⋯ NCT00297791 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov).