Response to the Comment on "Anastomotic Leak Does Not Impact Oncologic Outcomes After Preoperative Chemotherapy and Resection for Rectal Cancer"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Samsung Changwon Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
² Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Comment

Jae Hyuck Jang et al. Ann Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e671-e672.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003820.

¹ Department of Surgery, Samsung Changwon Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
² Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Anastomotic Leak Does Not Impact Oncologic Outcomes After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy and Resection for Rectal Cancer.
Jang JH, Kim HC, Huh JW, Park YA, Cho YB, Yun SH, Lee WY, Yu JI, Park HC, Park YS, Park JO. Jang JH, et al. Ann Surg. 2019 Apr;269(4):678-685. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002582. Ann Surg. 2019. PMID: 29112004
Comment on "Anastomotic Leak Does Not Impact Oncologic Outcomes After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy and Resection for Rectal Cancer".
Trilling B, Girard E, Faucheron JL. Trilling B, et al. Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e670-e671. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003830. Ann Surg. 2021. PMID: 32068554 No abstract available.

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