Preoperative radiotherapy vs surgery
Postoperative morbidity ‐ sepsis (within 30 days after surgery) · People with localised rectal carcinoma
Preoperative radiotherapy may leads to higher postoperative morbidity ‐ sepsis (within 30 days after surgery) compared with surgery alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Preoperative radiotherapy and curative surgery for the management of localised rectal carcinoma 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.25 [1.04, 1.52]2 studies · 2698 participantsLow