Minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer: Are we there yet?

Table 1 Overall survival for laparoscopic rectal resection with minimal 5 yr follow-up

Authors	Survival (laparoscopic)	Survival(open)	Follow-up(yr)
MRC CLASSIC (Jayne et al)	57.9%	58.1%	5
Sartori et al	75.4%	NA	5
Ng et al	63.9%	55.0%	10
Lam et al	64.0%		5
Laurent et al	82.0%	79.0%	5
Ng et al	70.0%	NA	5
Siami et al	80.2%	NA	5
Bianchi et al	81.4%	NA	5
Tsang et al	81.3%	NA	5

NA: Not applicable.