ASO Author Reflections: Is laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery More Costly than Traditional Open Resection for Rectal Cancer Treatment?

Affiliations

• ¹ NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. [email protected].
• ² Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
• ³ Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
• ⁴ St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
• ⁵ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁶ Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁷ RPA Institute of Academic Surgery, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁸ Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁹ NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.