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Laparoscopic Resection for Colon Cancer: Would all Patients Benefit?

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

Purpose

This study was designed to assess whether the exclusion criteria used in the Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy and Colon Cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection trials affected the generalizability of their findings.

Methods

A prospective database of consecutive laparoscopic resections performed for colon cancer was reviewed. Patients were categorized into two groups: inclusion group and exclusion group, based on the selection criteria used in the Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy and Colon Cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection trials. Baseline and perioperative data were analyzed by using t-tests, Wilcoxon’s rank-sum, chi-squared, and Fisher’s exact test. Kaplan-Meier survival curves, followed by adjustment for tumor nodes metastasis stage and age utilizing a Cox proportional hazard model, were performed.

Results

The inclusion group had 221 patients and the exclusion group had 166 (median age and gender distribution were similar). The exclusion group had a higher conversion rate (23 vs. 11.3 percent; P = 0.0023). There was no difference in intraoperative complications (9 percent for exclusion group vs. 8.6 percent for inclusion group; P = 0.8), operative time (180 minutes for exclusion group vs.172 minutes for inclusion group; P = 0.24), or postoperative complication rates (33.7 percent for exclusion group vs. 26 percent for inclusion group; P = 0.13). No difference was detected in perioperative mortality rates, length of stay, days to diet as tolerated, and adjusted two-year survival.

Conclusions

No differences were found in outcomes between the two groups in terms of operative/postoperative complications, length of stay, perioperative mortality, and two-year survival. It seems that all patients with colon cancer can potentially benefit from a laparoscopic approach.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    H. Moloo M.D., M.Sc., E. Sabri M.Sc., E. Wassif M.D., F. Haggar M.P.H., E. C. Poulin M.D., M.Sc., J. Mamazza M.D. & R. P. Boushey M.D., Ph.D.

  2. University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth, Ottawa, Ontario, KlH8L6, Canada

    R. P. Boushey M.D., Ph.D.

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Read at the meeting of The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2 to 6, 2007.

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Moloo, H., Sabri, E., Wassif, E. et al. Laparoscopic Resection for Colon Cancer: Would all Patients Benefit?. Dis Colon Rectum 51, 173–180 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-007-9132-0

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