[Laparoscopic colorectomy for colorectal cancer].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate the result of laparoscopic colorectomy in treatment of colorectal cancer.

METHODS:

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery was performed in 78 patients with colorectal cancer. Operative procedures, complications and postoperative recovery were studied.

RESULT:

None of the 78 patients died of laparoscopic colorectal surgery or complications. Eleven patients died from tumor metastasis and 2 from other causes. Twenty-one, 17, 8 patients for 1, 3, 5 years survived respectively. In nine patients who had received operation less than 1 year, no tumor recurrence or metastasis was found except in 1 patient 11 months after operation.

CONCLUSION:

Laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection is essential to colectomy for colon and rectum cancer when indicated.

• Authors: Min Tan, Baoxian Guo, Zhimian Wu, Guotai Chen, Zhaoxu Zheng, Zhenxian Zhao
• Journal: Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] (Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi) Vol. 40 Issue 10 Pg. 769-72 (Oct 2002) ISSN: 0529-5815 [Print] China
• PMID: 12487882 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Colectomy (methods)
• Colorectal Neoplasms (mortality, pathology, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Laparoscopy
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasm Staging
• Rectum (surgery)