Laparoscopic versus open colectomy for locally advanced colon cancer in obese patients: a nationwide, multicenter, propensity score-based analysis of short- and long-term outcomes.
Kentaro NakajimaTomonori AkagiYohei KonoHidefumi ShiroshitaTetsuji OhyamaShuji SaitoYoshinori KagawaTakatoshi NakamuraShinobu OhnumaYutaka KojimaMasafumi InomataSeiichiro YamamotoTakeshi NaitohYoshiharu SakaiMasahiko Watanabenull nullPublished in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2024)
Laparoscopic surgery in obese patients with colon cancer offers advantages in terms of short-term outcomes and no disadvantages in terms of long-term outcomes.