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Abstract
Colon cancer is the third commonly diagnosed type of cancer among males after lung cancer and prostate cancer and the second among females after breast cancer.
Laparoscopy has made a revolution in surgery since its introduction in 1980s; where the first laparoscopic appendectomy was done in 1983(31) and the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy was done in 1987(32). The first laparoscopic colectomy was done in 1991by Moises Jacobs in Miami, Florida who performed a right hemicolectomy (33). However, it was controversial until after the year 2000, where it was widely accepted as a minimally invasive procedure for cancer colon.
The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy, pathological outcomes and oncologic radicality after laparoscopic resection of colon adenocarcinoma.
This study was conducted on 30 consecutive patients who had undergone laparoscopic resection of colon adenocarcinoma.
Different variables have been investigated in this study. These were: age, BMI, gender, ASA scoring, site of the tumor, (T) staging of the tumor, type of procedure done, duration of the procedure, estimated blood loss, rate of open conversion, presence of intestinal obstruction, number of harvested lymph nodes, number of affected lymph nodes, lympho-vasular invasion, peri-neural invasion, tumor deposits presence, safety margin assessment, post-operative morbidity, mortality within 30 days post operation, days to return to post-operative diet, and the duration of hospital stay.