title: [Planning, management and results of the implantation of laparoscopic surgery of the colon and rectum in a general hospital].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The introduction of laparoscopic surgery in a hospital is a slow process requiring the involvement of a multidisciplinary team.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a prospective, descriptive study of all patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery of the colon and rectum in the Mataró Hospital between 2003 and 2006. We also describe the model used to introduce laparoscopic surgery of the colon and rectum in our center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 2003 and 2006, 166 patients with colorectal disease underwent laparoscopic surgery. Patients included for rectal disease represented 36% of the total. The conversion rate was 7% of the mean in all the periods studied, with a complications rate of 13.25%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The controlled development of laparoscopic surgery allows satisfactory results to be obtained in colorectal disease.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cirugía Colorrectal. Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de Mataró, Carretera de Cirera s/n, 08304 Mataró, Barcelona, Spain. xsunol@csdm.es
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Suñol
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Bas
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heredia
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Almenara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006289:Health Planning Support; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*