Laparoscopic Hartmann Procedure-A Surgery That Still Saves Lives.
Costel BradeaEugen TarcoveanuValentina MunteanuCristian Dumitru LupascuFlorina Delia Andriesi-RusuDelia Gabriela Apostol CiobanuAlin Mihai VasilescuPublished in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
The Hartmann procedure is still nowadays an operation widely used in emergency situations. Laparoscopy may become standard for the Hartmann procedure and reversal of the Hartmann procedure, but the percentage of laparoscopy remains low due to advanced or complicated colorectal cancer, poor general condition both at the first and second intervention, and the difficulties of reversal of the Hartmann procedure.