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From: Prognosis and postoperative genital function of function-preservative surgery of pelvic autonomic nerve preservation for male rectal cancer patients

Fig. 2

Kaplan-Meier curve showing overall survival rates for rectal cancer patients with preoperative obstruction who underwent proctectomy of PANP surgery or TME only surgery. Survival of patients with obstruction in PANP group was significantly lower than those in control group (P = 0.032). The green line represents PANP group and the blue represents TME onlygroup. PANP: pelvic autonomic nerve preservation; TME: total mesorectal excision

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