Margin-driven outcomes prevail over resection planes: multivisceral surgery matches total mesorectal excision in locally advanced rectal cancer.

Ann Coloproctol · 2026 · PMC13254773 · PMID 42266123

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did not reach statistical significanceP=0.122not close (p > 0.1)

Major complications (grade III–IV) were also more frequent after major MVR, although this difference did not reach statistical significance (15.6% vs. 4.5%, P=0.122).

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