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Background:A retrospective analysis of age‐related postoperative morbidity in the Australia and New Zealand prospective randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopic and open resection for right‐ and left‐sided colonic cancer is presented.
Methods:A total of 592 eligible patients were entered and studied from 1998 to 2005.
Results:Data from 294 patients who underwent laparoscopic and 298 who...