# Comparison of Low and High Ligation in the Rectal Cancer

> **NCT00701012** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Wakayama Medical University** · enrollment: 100 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** preservation of nerve fibers around IMA
- **PROCEDURE:** resection of nerve fibers around IMA

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00701012
- **Lead sponsor:** Wakayama Medical University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-01
- **Primary completion:** 2008-01
- **Final completion:** 2011-12
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-12-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00701012

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00701012, "Comparison of Low and High Ligation in the Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00701012. Licensed CC0.

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