Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Polyps

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...

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery for colorectal polyps: single institution experience

INTRODUCTION Because of their difficult location or size, some polyps are impossible to remove with a flexible colonoscope and must be surgically removed. Laparoscopy is a great alternative. AIM To assess outcomes of a laparoscopic approach for the management of difficult colorectal polyps. MATERIAL AND METHODS From 2006 to 2014, patients with polyps that could not be treated by endoscopy w...

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery for colorectal polyps: experience of ten years

Background. Laparoscopy or its combination with endoscopy is the next step for "difficult" polyps. The purpose of the paper was to review the outcomes of the laparoscopic approach to the management of "difficult" colorectal polyps. Materials and methods. From 2006 to 2016, 58 patients who underwent laparoscopic treatment for "difficult" polyps that could not be treated by endoscopy at the Natio...

Hand-assisted laparoscopic colorectal surgery for colorectal polyps: single institution experience

1 Center of Oncosurgery, Institute of Oncology, Vilnius University, 1 Santariskiu Street, LT-08406, Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: [email protected] 2 Center of Oncosurgery, Institute of Oncology, Clinic of Internal Diseases, Family Medicine and Oncology of Medical Faculty, Vilnius University, 1 Santariskiu Street, LT-08406, Vilnius, Lithuania 3 Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute...

Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery