PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to examine all laparoscopic right hemicolectomies performed for cancer in our unit and to compare them with a case-control series of open right hemicolectomies, with emphasis on long-term survival. METHODS: In a retrospective case-control series of right hemicolectomies, those done laparoscopically were compared with an age-matched and stage-matched series of patients who underwent open surgery. Survival was analyzed with the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS: Ninety-nine patients were included in the study, 33 laparoscopic and 66 open. Mean age 69.7 years. Dukes staging was the same between the two groups and mean follow-up period was 65.7 months. There were six laparoscopic conversions. The number of days patients were kept nil by mouth was significantly less in the laparoscopic cohort, with a mean of 2.4 days vs. a mean of 3.65 days (P = 0.005, Mann-Whitney U test). The number of days during which patients required parenteral opiates was significantly less in the laparoscopic cohort, with a mean number of days of 2.5, in contrast to 4.5 days in the open group (P = 0.008, Mann-Whitney U test). When overall survival was compared between the open and laparoscopic groups, no difference was found, with a mean overall survival of 40 months in the laparoscopic cohort and 39.4 months in the open cohort (P = 0.348, log-rank test). CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for cancer does not compromise long-term survival and affords the advantage of a shorter period of postoperative ileus and decreased analgesia requirements.
PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to examine all laparoscopic right hemicolectomies performed for cancer in our unit and to compare them with a case-control series of open right hemicolectomies, with emphasis on long-term survival. METHODS: In a retrospective case-control series of right hemicolectomies, those done laparoscopically were compared with an age-matched and stage-matched series of patients who underwent open surgery. Survival was analyzed with the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS: Ninety-nine patients were included in the study, 33 laparoscopic and 66 open. Mean age 69.7 years. Dukes staging was the same between the two groups and mean follow-up period was 65.7 months. There were six laparoscopic conversions. The number of days patients were kept nil by mouth was significantly less in the laparoscopic cohort, with a mean of 2.4 days vs. a mean of 3.65 days (P = 0.005, Mann-Whitney U test). The number of days during which patients required parenteral opiates was significantly less in the laparoscopic cohort, with a mean number of days of 2.5, in contrast to 4.5 days in the open group (P = 0.008, Mann-Whitney U test). When overall survival was compared between the open and laparoscopic groups, no difference was found, with a mean overall survival of 40 months in the laparoscopic cohort and 39.4 months in the open cohort (P = 0.348, log-rank test). CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for cancer does not compromise long-term survival and affords the advantage of a shorter period of postoperative ileus and decreased analgesia requirements.
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