title: Trocar site tumor recurrence after laparoscopic-assisted colectomy.
abstract: As a variety of procedures become technically feasible with laparoscopic techniques, it becomes increasingly important to appropriately select the patients who will benefit from the laparoscopic approach. We report the case of a patient with Dukes C2 colon cancer treated by laparoscopic-assisted sigmoid colectomy who subsequently developed an abdominal wall recurrence at a trocar site scar. The case raises some concerns about the use of the laparoscopic technique in the surgical management of colon cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fodera
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pello
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Atabek
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Camishion
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*