Clinical and oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic versus open surgery in elderly patients with colorectal cancer: a retrospective multicenter study.
Il Tae SonJeong Yeon KimMin Jeong KimByung Chun KimByung Mo KangJong Wan KimPublished in: International journal of clinical oncology (2021)
Laparoscopic surgery offers several perioperative advantages over open surgery and similar long-term oncological outcomes for elderly patients with colorectal cancer. Therefore, we suggest that laparoscopic surgery can be safely performed for the treatment of elderly patients (≥ 80 years old) with colorectal cancer.