Author response to: Evidence supporting the sunk cost fallacy of advocating for transanal total mesorectal excision

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Surgery, Gelderse Vallei Hospital, Ede, The Netherlands.
³ Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Cancer Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Comment

S E van Oostendorp et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;107(9):e348.

doi: 10.1002/bjs.11719. Epub 2020 Jun 7.

¹ Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Surgery, Gelderse Vallei Hospital, Ede, The Netherlands.
³ Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Cancer Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Comment on

Locoregional recurrences after transanal total mesorectal excision of rectal cancer during implementation.
van Oostendorp SE, Belgers HJ, Bootsma BT, Hol JC, Belt EJTH, Bleeker W, Den Boer FC, Demirkiran A, Dunker MS, Fabry HFJ, Graaf EJR, Knol JJ, Oosterling SJ, Slooter GD, Sonneveld DJA, Talsma AK, Van Westreenen HL, Kusters M, Hompes R, Bonjer HJ, Sietses C, Tuynman JB. van Oostendorp SE, et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug;107(9):1211-1220. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11525. Epub 2020 Apr 4. Br J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32246472 Free PMC article.
Evidence supporting the sunk cost fallacy of advocating for transanal total mesorectal excision.
Bergamaschi R, Gachabayov M, Orangio G, Remzi F. Bergamaschi R, et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug;107(9):e347. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11718. Epub 2020 Jun 7. Br J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32506487 No abstract available.

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