Chinese University of Hong Kong

Keyhole surgery offers same prognosis as conventional surgery

Published in Telemedicine Business Week, April 28th, 2004

Laparoscopy ("keyhole surgery") for colorectal cancer could be the future treatment of choice after results of a study from Hong Kong show how it is associated with a similar 5-year survival outcome and more favorable recovery time than conventional surgery.

Colorectal cancer is one of the commonest forms of cancer worldwide. Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer was first introduced a decade ago, although its long-term benefits (5-year survival rates for patients) have not been previously assessed.

Ka Lau Leung from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and colleagues prospectively compared (over a 10-year period) the effects of laparoscopic and...

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