Effects of laparoscopic surgery on survival, quality of care and utilization in patients with colon cancer: a population-based study.
Elise Chia-Hui TanMing-Chin YangChien-Chih ChenPublished in: Current medical research and opinion (2018)
Our results demonstrate that, in both the short- and long-term post-operation periods, laparoscopic surgery reduced the likelihood of postoperative complications, 30 day, and 1 year mortality while being no more expensive than open surgery for colon cancer.