Laparoscopic versus open surgery for left flexure colon cancer: A propensity score matched analysis from an international cohort.
Corrado PedrazzaniGiulia TurriSoo Yeun ParkKoya HidaYudai FukuiJacopo CrippaGiovanni FerrariMatteo OrigiSalvatore PucciarelliMatteo ZuinSung Uk BaeSeong Kyu BaekAndrea CostanziDario MaggioniGyung Mo SonAndrea ScalaTimothy RockallDavid W LarsonAlfredo GuglielmiGyu-Seog ChoiPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2021)
Elective laparoscopic surgery for Stage I-III SFC is feasible and associated with improved short-term postoperative outcomes compared to open surgery. Moreover, laparoscopic surgery appears to provide excellent long-term cancer outcomes.