Evidence supporting the sunk cost fallacy of advocating for transanal total mesorectal excision

Affiliations

¹ Section of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA.
² Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
³ Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, New York University Robert Grossman School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York, USA.

Comment

R Bergamaschi et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;107(9):e347.

doi: 10.1002/bjs.11718. Epub 2020 Jun 7.

¹ Section of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA.
² Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
³ Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, New York University Robert Grossman School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York, USA.

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Author response to: Evidence supporting the sunk cost fallacy of advocating for transanal total mesorectal excision.
van Oostendorp SE, Sietses C, Hompes R, Kusters M, Tuynman J. van Oostendorp SE, et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Aug;107(9):e348. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11719. Epub 2020 Jun 7. Br J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32506454 No abstract available.

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.

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