Fig. 4

Forest plot of mid-term outcomes. a Readmission, b local recurrence, c metastasis and sigmoid colon cancer versus rectal cancer: d complication and e incision length, operation time, and hospitalization time

Forest plot of mid-term outcomes. a Readmission, b local recurrence, c metastasis and sigmoid colon cancer versus rectal cancer: d complication and e incision length, operation time, and hospitalization time