Long-term oncological outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic versus open surgery for colon cancer: A nationwide cohort study.

Rasmus Peuliche VogelsangTina FransgaardMads Falk KleinIsmail Gögenur

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2022)

Elective laparoscopic resection for UICC stage I-III colon cancer is oncologically safe and comparable with open resection. These results confirm the external validity of previous RCTs in everyday clinical settings.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass
rectal cancer
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
radical prostatectomy
surgical site infection
glycemic control
laparoscopic surgery