title: [Laparoscopic surgery of the colorectum: analysis of results of the National Registry of the Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery and New Technologies (S.I.C.E.)].
abstract: The aim of this paper was to review the data from the Italian Registry of Laparoscopic Colo-Rectal Surgery sponsored by SICE. The Italian Registry was set up in January 1993 by the merging of two Registries existing since November 1991. Thirty-five centres, up to March 2001, had participated in the Registry, with 2,793 patients recorded (F = 1,409, M = 1,384), 1878 for malignancy and 915 for benign diseases. The median age was 63.7 years. The conversion rate was 10.8%. Mortality was 0.6% (18 cases) and major abdominal complications occurred in 11.1% of patients. The reoperation rate was 5.1%. After a median follow-up of 59 months, 16 patients (0.9%) presented abdominal wall metastases. Relapses occurred in 18.5% of patients after curative resections for rectal cancer, and in 12.7% after curative resections for colon cancer. Laparoscopic colo-rectal surgery has gained widespread acceptance. The reproducibility and safety of all the major laparoscopic colo-rectal procedures has been demonstrated. Nevertheless, the lack of long-term results of randomised trials in terms of oncological efficacy and the technical difficulties of the procedures suggests that laparoscopic colo-rectal surgery should be performed only in referral centres by skilled surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Policlinico Umberto I, Dipartimento di Chirurgia Paride Stefanini, Viale del Policlinico, 155, 00161 Roma.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silecchia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Perrotta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Basso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D015996:Survival Rate