Colorectal cancer may be treated with a laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection, an operation in which the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon are removed and a colostomy performed. Learn more from WebMD.

Robotic abdominoperineal resection (APR) had both a negative circumferential resection margin and better short-term outcomes compared with laparoscopic APR, according to a review published in ...

Furthermore, 16.2% of patients in the robotic group experienced at least one complication within 30 days of surgery versus 23.1% of laparoscopic patients (P=0.003), they noted in Lancet ...

Laparoscopic liver resection in posterosuperior segments was linked to a shorter functional recovery time and postoperative hospital stay than open surgery in a recent clinical trial.

In a prospective, randomized study of 99 patients, Ng et al. reported improved recovery following laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection compared to the open procedure. 6 Guillou et al. published ...

Laparoscopic wedge resection is recommended for GISTs larger than 4 cm due to higher complete resection rates. Endoscopic resection offers faster recovery and fewer postoperative symptoms, despite ...

Laparoscopy independently predicts decreased mortality from colon resection even when controlling for comorbidities, socioeconomic status, practice setting, and admission type.

Successful laparoscopic-assisted surgery for colon cancer is as effective as open surgery in terms of oncological outcomes and preservation of QoL. Long-term outcomes for patients with rectal cancer ...

(HealthDay)—Laparoscopic niche resection is associated with improvement in niche-related symptoms and/or fertility-related problems in women with a large niche (residual myometrium [RM] <3 mm ...

Successful laparoscopic-assisted surgery for colon cancer is as effective as open surgery in terms of oncological outcomes and preservation of QoL. Long-term outcomes for patients with rectal cancer ...