Although in the past decade there have been numerous reports on laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer, the majority of these are retrospective. The few published prospective randomized trials ...

A comparison of the surgical removal of rectal tumours by a laparoscopically-assisted procedure and open surgery reveals that the case for routine use of laparoscopic procedures has not yet been ...

This editorial will serve as both a technical review for Jayne et al's article published in this issue on the long-term results of the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (UK MRC) Conventional ...

June 29, 2011 — The incidence of perioperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) was nearly twice as high after open colorectal (OC) surgery vs laparoscopic colorectal (LC) surgery, according to the ...

Currently, there is no level I evidence for laparoscopic resection in the treatment of rectal cancer, although subset analyses of one randomized trial have shown short-term benefits for laparoscopic ...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of colorectal cancer has become more popular in the past two decades. Laparoscopic colectomy has been accepted as an alternative standard approach in colon cancer, ...

The National Bowel Cancer Audit Project collects data that enable clinicians to examine the management of patients with colorectal cancer in their hospitals in comparison with others. This national ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robotic surgery for rectal cancer is gaining popularity, but persuasive evidence on long-term oncologic outcomes ...

Up until now, the removal of bowel tumors in the lesser pelvis (rectal cancers) involved a major, generally invasive operation. This operation can now be done in a much gentler way using an innovative ...