• Hua-Ping Hou and Pu-Guo Gui.
• Department of General Surgery, The First Hospital of Yulin, Yulin.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jan 22; 100 (3): e23914e23914.

BackgroundThis study will assess the effect of sigmoidectomy in treating sigmoid colon cancer (SCC).MethodsThis study will search the following databases from inception to the present: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, OpenGrey, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure. All electronic databases will be searched with no restrictions of language. Two researchers will independently handle all study selection, data extraction, and risk of bias, respectively. Any disparities between 2 researchers will be figured out by a third researcher through discussion. RevMan 5.3 software will be used for statistical analysis in this study.ResultsThis study will provide a high-quality synthesis of targeted outcomes to evaluate the efficacy and complications of sigmoidectomy in treating SCC.ConclusionThe results of this study will provide evidence to judge whether sigmoidectomy can benefit patients with SCC.Study Registration On Osfosf.io/dpxkg.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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