Fig. 2From: Laparoscopic vs open colorectal cancer surgery in elderly patients: short- and long-term outcomes and predictors for overall and disease-free survivalDisease-free curve in matched cohort of laparoscopic and open group. In the matched cohort, in the laparoscopic group, 3- year and 5-year disease-free survival rates were 76.3 and 69.9% respectively and they were 66.6 and 53.8% respectively in the open group. There was no significant difference between the laparoscopic and open groups (P = 0.230)Back to article page