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Is laparoscopic colectomy a safe procedure in synchronous colorectal carcinoma?

April 26, 2017carcinoma center colectomy colorectal LAPAROSCOPIC National procedure PubMed safe Synchronous

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Is laparoscopic colectomy a safe procedure in synchronous colorectal carcinoma?

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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.