Feasibility and oncological outcomes of laparoscopic rectal resection following neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy: A systematic review

Table 2 Overview of studies with extractable data

Ref.	Year	Country	Type of study	Total No. of patients	Patients Lap	Patients open
Kang et al[9]	2010	South Korea	RCT	340	170	170
Kusano et al[11]	2014	Japan	Case control Study	33	19	14
Hu et al[14]	2013	China	Case control Study	137	51	86
Seshadri et al[12]	2011	India	Case control Study	144	72	72
Denoya et al[15]	2009	United States	Case matched series	64	32	32
1Saklani et al[13]	2013	South Korea	Case series	64	64	NA
1Denost et al[10]	2011	France	Case series	292	292	NA
Motson et al[7]	2011	United Kingdom	Case series	26	26	NA

¹Data pertaining to LCRT + laparoscopic resection group of the study only extracted therefore treated as case series. NA: Not applicable; LCRT: Long course chemo-radiotherapy; RCT: Randomized controlled trial.