[Laparoscopic colorectomy for colorectal cancer].

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the result of laparoscopic colorectomy in treatment of colorectal cancer.

METHODS

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery was performed in 78 patients with colorectal cancer. Operative procedures, complications and postoperative recovery were studied.

RESULT: None of the 78 patients died of laparoscopic colorectal surgery or complications. Eleven patients died from tumor metastasis and 2 from other causes. Twenty-one, 17, 8 patients for 1, 3, 5 years survived respectively. In nine patients who had received operation less than 1 year, no tumor recurrence or metastasis was found except in 1 patient 11 months after operation.

CONCLUSION

Laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection is essential to colectomy for colon and rectum cancer when indicated.