Our Experience of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: Short Term Outcomes

Abstract

Aim: Currently laparoscopic colorectal surgery began to be a widely used procedure in many centers. We aimed to present early period outcomes of first group of patients who had laparoscopic colorectal surgery in our clinic. Method: Included were 30 patients who underwent laparoscopic colorectal surgery between September 2014 and August 2016 in Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine General Surgery Clinic. Results: A total of 30 patients were included to this study. Low anterior resection were performed in 11 (36.7%) patients, right colectomy in 10 (33.3%) patients, anterior resection in seven (23.3%) patients, total colectomy in one (3.3%) patient, abdominal perineal resection in one (3.3%) patient. Median operation time was 149.67 (range, 100-300) minutes. The median postoperative length of stay was 6.87 (range, 3-34) days. Anastomic leakage occurred in two patients (6.7%), ureter damage in one patient (3.3%), and wound infection in five patients (16.7%). Conclusion: Our laparoscopic colorectal surgery outcomes and the literature shows similarity.

Keywords

• Laparoscopy
• colorectal surgery
• experience