Although in the past decade there have been numerous reports on laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer, the majority of these are retrospective. The few published prospective randomized trials ...

June 28, 2007 — Laparoscopic colectomy has evolved as a technical option in the treatment of both benign and malignant colonic diseases. Although it is still not widely used and accounts for only a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with mid- or low rectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery did not increase short-term oncological risks ...

This editorial will serve as both a technical review for Jayne et al's article published in this issue on the long-term results of the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (UK MRC) Conventional ...

...the last frontier for laparoscopic treatment of colorectal disease was rectal cancer Since the paradigm-shifting work of Richard J. 'Bill' Heald and others during the early-to-mid-1980s, total ...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of colorectal cancer has become more popular in the past two decades. Laparoscopic colectomy has been accepted as an alternative standard approach in colon cancer, ...

Currently, there is no level I evidence for laparoscopic resection in the treatment of rectal cancer, although subset analyses of one randomized trial have shown short-term benefits for laparoscopic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robotic surgery for rectal cancer is gaining popularity, but persuasive evidence on long-term oncologic outcomes ...

The National Bowel Cancer Audit Project collects data that enable clinicians to examine the management of patients with colorectal cancer in their hospitals in comparison with others. This national ...

Researchers from Switzerland evaluated the effect of standardized coffee intake on postoperative bowel movement after elective laparoscopic colorectal resection. This was a prospective randomized ...

The risk of developing venous thromboembolism may be nearly twice as high for patients undergoing open surgery for colorectal problems, versus those undergoing laparoscopic colorectal resections, ...

Improving patient outcomes and delivering benefits for healthcare professionals are key values in healthcare. As a practicing surgeon for over 25 years, the goal of improving patient outcomes drives ...