Should I get a root canal or dental implant?!

Should I get a root canal or dental implant?

I need a root canal or removal of a back molar. If I get a root canal, I'll also need a crown lengthening, and crown because I broke one of the quadrants of the tooth off up deep into the gum area. I have been advised that a dental implant would cost the same, with less risk I think because of how deeply the tooth broke down. I don't think I can wait too long to have anything done because the dentist seems to have aggravated the tooth by probing. I am getting ready to go on a 12 day vacation in mid June, so I am afraid to begin root canal therapy since I will have only a temporary cap (which they always seem to fall off) while away from home. I figure I could get the tooth pulled before I left, and get the dental implant once I got back. I have heard that root canal therapy is more successful than implants in the long run. I don't know what to do. Any advice?

I got a root canal done 11 years ago and a crown put on it. It has never bothered me since then, and the crown looks just like my original teeth. Implant means your completely losing the infected tooth, and an entire fake one put in its place, while root canal saves half the tooth and puts a cap (crown) on top of it. So my advice is that if u have the option to save the tooth, then why not?