Is laparoscopic selective lateral lymph node dissection for locally advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy safe?

Urinary dysfunction after rectal cancer surgery: Results from a randomized trial comparing mesorectal excision with and without lateral lymph node dissection for clinical stage II or III lower rectal cancer (Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study, JCOG0212)

(2018) Masaaki Ito et al.   EJSO

Male sexual dysfunction after rectal cancer surgery: Results of a randomized trial comparing mesorectal excision with and without lateral lymph node dissection for patients with lower rectal cancer: Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0212

(2016) S. Saito et al.   EJSO

Laparoscopic Extralevator Abdominoperineal Excision of the Rectum with Primary Suturing: Short-Term Outcomes from Single-Institution Study

(2016) Xuyang Yang et al.   Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques

Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Might Improve the Prognosis of Patients with Locally Advanced Low Rectal Cancer and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Metastases

(2016) Toshiya Nagasaki et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Feasibility of Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision with Extended Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Advanced Lower Rectal Cancer after Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy

(2016) Atsushi Ogura et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Indications for Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Before and After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Advanced Low-Rectal Cancer

(2015) Takashi Akiyoshi et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) Guidelines 2014 for treatment of colorectal cancer

(2015) Toshiaki Watanabe et al.   International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Laparoscopic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection is achievable and offers advantages as a minimally invasive surgery over the open approach

(2015) Kinuko Nagayoshi et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic versus open lateral lymph node dissection for advanced lower rectal cancer

(2015) Tomohiro Yamaguchi et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Clinical feasibility of laparoscopic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection following total mesorectal excision for advanced rectal cancer

(2014) Tomohisa Furuhata et al.   SURGERY TODAY

Selective Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Advanced Low Rectal Cancer Treated with Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Based on Pretreatment Imaging

(2013) Takashi Akiyoshi et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Results of a Japanese Nationwide Multi-Institutional Study on Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis in Low Rectal Cancer

(2012) Takashi Akiyoshi et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Postoperative morbidity and mortality after mesorectal excision with and without lateral lymph node dissection for clinical stage II or stage III lower rectal cancer (JCOG0212): results from a multicentre, randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial

(2012) Shin Fujita et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Lateral lymph node dissection with preoperative chemoradiation for locally advanced lower rectal cancer through a laparoscopic approach

(2011) Tsuyoshi Konishi et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

A Comparison Between the Treatment of Low Rectal Cancer in Japan and the Netherlands, Focusing on the Patterns of Local Recurrence

(2009) Miranda Kusters et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Patterns of Local Recurrence in Rectal Cancer: A Single-Center Experience

(2008) M. Kusters et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY