title: Is laparoscopic colectomy a safe procedure in synchronous colorectal carcinoma? Report of a case.
abstract: This clinical report describes a patient with sigmoid cancer who underwent a laparoscopic-assisted sigmoidectomy while also having an unsuspected carcinoma of cecum. We discuss the necessity of a complete preoperative evaluation (total colonoscopy and barium enema) in patients with colon cancers amenable to treatment by laparoscopic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital clínic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lacy
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García-Valdecasas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taurá
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bordas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuster
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cugat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Visa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy