title: Long-term results of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection: current knowledge and what remains unclear.
abstract: Laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection has advanced considerably since it was first described in 1991. It is becoming increasingly popular, and earlier concerns about its oncologic safety are being dispelled by long-term data, which have emerged over recent years, suggesting that laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery is not inferior to open surgery. This article reviews our current knowledge of the long-term results of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection, and addresses what remains unknown and needs to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, 1-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kok-Yang
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Konishi
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome