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to, if not better than open surgery. Thereby postoperative Thus it can be safely said that with weight of numerous
genitourinary dysfunction after rectal cancer surgery, which is recent large-scale trials behind us and our own experience,
of paramount importance from patient’s perspective can be laparoscopic approach is an acceptable alternative to open
minimized. surgery for colorectal cancer.
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