Laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: The state of the art

Table 2 Local recurrences rates after laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery

Author/year	Operation	No. of patients		Follow-up (mo)	Local recurrence rate (%)
		LPS	Open		LPS	Open
Hartley et al[11] (2001)	TME	21	22	38	5	4.5
Laurent et al[10] (2009)	LAR/TME	238	233	52	3.9	5.5
Bretagnol et al[13] (2005)	TME	50	-	18	0	NA
Fleshman et al[14] (1999)	APR	42	152	23.8	19	14
Araujo et al[4] (2003)	APR	13	13	47.2	0	15.4
Ng et al[6] (2008)	APR	51	48	87.2	5.9	4.2
Law et al[17] (2006)	LAR/TME	98	167	21	4.9	3.3
Staudacher et al[8] (2007)	TME	108	79	27.6	6.4	5.1
Leroy et al[12] (2004)	TME	102	-	36	6	NA
Milsom et al[9] (2009)	TME/LAR	103	-	42	5	NA
Jayne et al[33] (2005)	TME/APR	128	253	36.8	11.4	14.05

LPS: Laparoscopic surgery; TME: Total mesorectal excision; LAR: Low anterior resection; APR: Abdominoperineal resection.