Adoption of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: It Was Quite a Journey

Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Laparoscopic techniques have been introduced into the colorectal field since the beginning of the last decade of the last millennium. The main purpose of this minimally invasive approach is to minimise the trauma of access associated with a large abdominal incision in colorectal resection. The less traumatic approach to surgery hopefully would lead to less wound pain, hasten return of intestina...

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Polyps

BACKGROUND Size, location, and type of colonic polyps may prevent colonoscopic polypectomy. Laparoscopic colectomy may serve as an optimal alternative in these patients. We assessed the perioperative outcome and the risk for cancer in patients operated on laparoscopically for colonic polyps not amenable to colonoscopic resection. METHODS An evaluation was conducted of our prospective accumula...

Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

BACKGROUND Robotic approaches have become increasingly used for colorectal surgery. The aim of this study is to examine the safety and efficacy of robotic colorectal procedures in an adult population. STUDY DESIGN A systematic review of articles in both PubMed and Embase comparing laparoscopic and robotic colorectal procedures was performed. Clinical trials and observational studies in an adu...