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Will Extralevator Abdominoperineal Excision Become the New Gold Standard?

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The introduction of TME surgery led to the realization that the quality of surgery significantly influences the prognosis of rectal cancer patients and has resulted in a huge improvement in surgery and its outcome [1]. On a population-based level, an improved survival of more than 10% was realized in countries adopting TME as the standard surgical technique [2, 3].

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    Ingrid Martijnse

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  3. Pelican Cancer Foundation, Basingstoke, UK

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  4. Colorectal Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Martijnse, I., West, N., Quirke, P., Heald, R., van de Velde, C.J.H., Rutten, H. (2012). Will Extralevator Abdominoperineal Excision Become the New Gold Standard?. In: Valentini, V., Schmoll, HJ., van de Velde, C. (eds) Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25005-7_27

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