[Early and long-term outcomes of minimally invasive interventions in urgent colon surgery]

To analyze the results of minimally invasive surgical treatment of patients with urgent colon diseases.

There were 89 patients with urgent colon diseases. All patients were divided into 2 groups: the main group - 31 patients who underwent laparoscopic surgeries, the control group - 58 patients operated via open access. Both groups were comparable by age and underlying disease. However, significant differences in gender, severity of comorbidities and complications of the underlying disease were observed.

Surgery time, postoperative morbidity (9.7% vs. 6.9%) and postoperative hospital-stay were similar in both groups. Quality of life was significantly better in the main group compared with the control group if colostomy was absent. In case of stoma, there were no between-group differences.

Laparoscopic surgery is associated with reduced need for analgesics, similar duration of intervention and postoperative morbidity. Complete restoration of quality of life in these patients is observed in 6 months after surgery. Colostomy results similar quality of life after laparoscopic and open surgery.