title: Feasibility of Reduced Port Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Reduced port laparoscopic surgery has recently emerged as a method to improve the cosmetic results of conventional laparoscopic surgery. We reported our technique of reduced port laparoscopic colectomy using 3-port and short-time outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 2005 and 2012, we performed 161 reduced port laparoscopic colectomies using the 3-port technique. Data analyzed in-cluded age, gender, body mass index (BMI), duration of surgery, number of harvested lymph nodes, and duration of hospital stay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All of the cases were successfully performed using the 3-port procedure. The median durations of surgery and postoperative hospital stay were 140 mm (range 75-463 mm) and 9 days (range 5-38 days), respectively. No mortality was associated with this technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reduced port laparoscopic colectomy is feasible and may have advantages over conventional laparoscopic colectomy.
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Toshinaga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suto
authors.forename: Reina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yajima
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asao
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061646:Operative Time; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome