Table 3.

Studies on laparoscopic surgery for recurrent rectal cancer

Ref.	Year	Study design	No. of patients	Site of recurrence	Median blood loss, mL (range)	Median operative time, min (range)	R0 resection rate	Overall postoperative mortality/morbidity rate
Lu et al[70]	2006	Case series	7	Central recurrence: 6	200 (109-291)	211 (198–224)	100%	NR
				Presacral: 1
Kim et al[71]	2008	Case report	1	Central/anastomotic recurrence	50	185	100%	NR
Park et al[72]	2011	Comparative study	Lap: 15	Anastomotic site, ovary and pelvic lateral LN	NR	Lap: 150 (48-460)	Lap: 100%	Lap: 13.3%
			Open: 26			Open: 259 (40-514)	Open: 84.6%	Open: 57.7%
						P = 0.059	P = NS	P ≤ 0.05
Nagasaki et al[73]	2014	Comparative study	Lap: 13	Central and Lateral pelvic LN	Lap: 110 (60-800)	Lap: 381 (227-554)	Lap: 100%	Lap: 30.8%
			Open: 17		Open: 450 (25-1600)	Open: 241 (125-694)	Open: 94%	Open: 23.5%
					P = 0.075	P = 0.024	P = 0.99	P = 0.69
Akiyoshi et al[74]	2015	Case series	9	Lateral pelvic LN	130 (25-200)	381 (227-554)	100%	33.30%