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This paper theoretically analyzes the bilateral mechanism of ESG responsibility fulfillment on green innovation of industrial enterprises and decomposes the promotion effect, inhibition effect and the net effect of mutual influence of ESG responsibility fulfillment on green innovation of Chinese industrial enterprises based on the data of 615 industrial enterprises in China from 2012 to 2021, and it analyzes the regular characteristics of them using bilateral stochastic frontier model. The study shows that (1) ESG responsibility fulfillment can drive green innovation in industrial enterprises. The interaction between the facilitation effect (24.49%) and the inhibiting effect (20.71%) of ESG responsibility fulfillment in industrial enterprises eventually leads to the actual green innovation level being higher than the frontier green innovation level by 3.78%. (2) The driving effect of ESG responsibility on green innovation of industrial enterprises has room for growth; the driving effect of ESG on green innovation gradually increases and turns from negative to positive with the improvement of ESG performance; and the net effect of ESG responsibility on the level of green innovation of industrial enterprises from 2012 to 2020 shows a continuous growth. (3) The driving effect of industrial enterprises’ ESG responsibility fulfillment on green innovation is the highest in the western region, followed by the eastern region, and it is the lowest in the central region. (4) Compared with industrial enterprises in regions with high managerial short-sightedness, non-heavy pollution and low marketization, the driving effect of ESG responsibility fulfillment on green innovation of industrial enterprises in regions with low managerial short-sightedness, heavy pollution and high marketization is stronger.

The minilaparotomy approach is technically feasible for the resection of rectal cancer in selected patients with rapid postoperative recovery and small incision. The study aimed to compare the clinical and oncological outcomes of minilaparotomy and laparoscopic approaches in patients with rectal cancer.The 122 included patients with rectal cancer were assigned to either minilaparotomy group (n=65) or laparoscopic group (n=57) which ran from January 2005 to January 2008. Clinical characteristics, perioperative outcomes, postoperative and long-term complications, pathological results and survival rates were compared between the groups.The demographic data of the two groups were similar. The time to normal diet (P=0.024) and the hospital stay (P=0.043) were less in the laparoscopic group than that in the minilaparotomy group. Compared with the minilaparotomy group, the mean operation time was significantly longer [low anterior resection (LAR), P=0.030; abdominoperineal resection (APR), P=0.048] and the direct costs higher for laparoscopic group (P0.001). The morbidity and mortality were comparable between the two groups. Local recurrence was similar (5.3% laparoscopic, 1.5% minilaparotomy, P=0.520). The 5-year overall and disease-free survival rates were also similar (overall survival is 87.1% in laparoscopic group, and 82.5%in minilaparotomy group, P=0.425; disease-free survival is 74.2% in the laparoscopic group, and 71.4% in mini- laparotomy group, P=0.633).The minilaparotomy approach was similarly safe and oncologically equivalent to laparoscopic approach for patients with rectal cancer. At the expense of a longer operative time and higher cost, laparoscopic surgery was associated with faster postoperative recovery.