Colectomy

Data from Chonnam National University Advance Knowledge in Colectomy

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, July 17th, 2011

2011 JUL 17 -- "We compare the results of laparoscopic total colectomy using left-to-right dissection versus the open approach. Twenty consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic total colectomy using left-to-right dissection for familial adenomatous polyposis or synchronous colorectal cancer, were matched with 28 patients who underwent an open approach," scientists in Jeonnam, South Korea report.

"No patients who underwent the laparoscopic procedure were converted to the open technique. The estimated blood loss was significantly lower in the laparoscopic group than in the open group (P=0.008). Although the operating time in the laparoscopic group was...

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