Is laparoscopic colectomy a safe procedure in synchronous colorectal carcinoma? Report of a case.
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.
Lacy
A M
AM
Department of Surgery, Hospital clínic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
García-Valdecasas
J C
JC
Taurá
P
P
Bordas
J M
JM
Grande
L
L
Fuster
J
J
Cugat
E
E
Visa
J
J
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