Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Nov 15, 2024; 16(11): 4383-4391
Published online Nov 15, 2024. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i11.4383
Pattern of colorectal surgery and long-term survival: 10-year experience from a single center
De-Xiang Zhu, Miao Chen, Dong-Hao Xu, Guo-Dong He, Ping-Ping Xu, Qi Lin, Li Ren, Jian-Min Xu
De-Xiang Zhu, Miao Chen, Dong-Hao Xu, Guo-Dong He, Ping-Ping Xu, Qi Lin, Li Ren, Jian-Min Xu, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Author contributions: Zhu DX, Xu JM conceptualized the study; Ren L, Xu JM provided study material or patients; Zhu DX, Chen M, Xu DH curated the data; Zhu DX, Chen M, Xu DH performed formal analysis; Xu JM acquired funding; Zhu DX, Chen M, Xu DH, Xu PP conducted the investigation; Zhu DX, Chen M, Xu DH developed the methodology; Qi Lin, Ren L, Xu JM administered the project; Zhu DX developed the software and performed visualization; Xu JM supervised and validated the study; Zhu DX, Chen M, Xu JM wrote and revised the manuscript; all authors accessed and verified the study data.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University.
Informed consent statement: All patients in the study provided informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report.
Data sharing statement: The datasets used and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Jian-Min Xu, PhD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China. xujmin@aliyun.com
Received: February 8, 2024
Revised: April 24, 2024
Accepted: June 17, 2024
Published online: November 15, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: This investigation is the largest real-world study comparing colorectal cancer surgery patterns and overall survival (OS) in a Chinese tertiary university hospital. A total of 5141 colorectal cancer patients who underwent primary surgical resection between 2008 and 2013 were evaluated, 1748 (34.0%) of these by a colorectal surgeon (CS). The percentage of minimally invasive procedures in the CS group showed an increasing trend. We found that surgeon specialization is associated with improved OS after primary surgery in stage III rectal patients. An appropriate surgical technique, perioperative program and adjuvant therapy may contribute to survival benefit in these patients.