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Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Surgery for Obstructive Colorectal Cancer After Tube Decompression
Kiyonori Kanemitsu1, Yasuo Sumi, Kimihiro Yamashita
1*Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe †Department of Surgery, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Background:
It is debatable whether laparoscopic surgery is suitable for obstructive colorectal cancer.
Materials And Methods:
We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and oncological effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery after tube decompression for obstructive colorectal cancer in 54 patients (18 laparoscopic resections, 36 open resections).
Results:
There were no significant differences between groups with respect to mean size, location, depth, and stage of tumor, median operating times, or median number of lymph nodes retrieved. Abdominal wound infection rate was significantly lower in the laparoscopic than in the open group (0%:22%, P=0.02), as were mean times to first gas passage after surgery (2.3:3.4 d, P=0.002) and mean postoperative hospital stays (16:24.3 d, P=0.03). The 3-year disease-free survival rate of curative resection cases in the laparoscopic (85%) and open (72%) groups were not significantly different.
Conclusions:
Laparoscopic surgery after tube decompression achieves faster recovery and equal oncological outcome as open surgery and should be a treatment of choice for obstructive colorectal cancer.
