TY - JOUR AU - Yamaguchi, Tomohiro AU - Kinugasa, Yusuke AU - Mori, Keita PY - 2019 TI - Oncological outcomes of robotic-assisted laparoscopic lateral lymph node dissection for rectal cancer JF - Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery; Vol 4 (June 2019): Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - We appreciate the opportunity to reply to the editorial by Dr. Kanemitsu (1). In the editorial, Dr. Kanemitsu underlined the incidence of lateral lymph node metastasis in patients with T3/T4 low rectal cancer and the difference in the treatment strategy for lateral lymph node dissection (LLD) between the West and East, particularly in Japan. UR - https://ales.amegroups.org/article/view/5231