Laparoscopic resection improves outcome of patients with colorectal cancer
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Despite promising data regarding laparoscopic resection as a treatment for colorectal disease, this is considered a complex procedure and is consequently often avoided. Researchers from Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong have compared this technique with open resection in patients with colon or upper rectal cancer; short-term data demonstrate a more-favorable outcome with laparoscopic resection, as well as improved survival.
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