Table 2.

Results of previous studies of composite abdominal-sacral resection for recurrent rectal cancer

Studies	n	Morbidity	Mortality	R0	Survival
Sagar et al[42]	40	60%	2.5%	50%	56% (3-yr)
Ferenschild et al[43]	17	68%	0%	NA	46% (3-yr)
					30% (5-yr)
Melton et al[44]	29	58%	3.4%	62%	63% (2-yr)
					20% (5-yr)
Moriya et al[45]	57	58%	4%	84%	54% (3-yr)
Weber et al[46]	23	78%	0%	91%	51% (3-yr)