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Laparoscopic approach to colonic cancer: critical appraisal of the literature.

AbstractBACKGROUND/AIMS:
As laparoscopic colectomy finds its place in the surgical armamentarium, the literature concerning the safety, efficacy, and oncological rational for treatment of colonic cancer is also enriched. A review and critical appraisal of the literature on this subject was the aim of this paper.
METHODS:
A systematic research and a hand search were conducted to gain access to all controlled studies involving laparoscopic colectomy using the Medline, Embase, HealthSTAR, Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature, CancerLit data bases and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for the years 1991-2006.
RESULTS:
Over 40 controlled randomized trials and ten systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses were found. Several of the completed controlled randomized trials have published either short- or long-term results; only partial and short-term results are available in rectal cancer. The principal conclusions are that the laparoscopic approach affords better short-term outcomes including surgical site morbidity, but with increased operative times and direct costs. Among the proven long-term outcomes, cancer recurrence and survival do not seem to be worse. Whether conversion, a source of increased operative time and costs, is responsible for poorer outcomes or whether specific settings associated with poorer outcomes are among the causes of conversion remains to be shown. However, there are still concerns as regards specific laparoscopic-related complications.
CONCLUSION:
There seems to no real safety problems in performing laparoscopic colectomy for cancer; improvement in operative times, conversion rates, and complications should make laparoscopy the best cost-effective approach to colectomy.
AuthorsAbe Fingerhut, Toufik Ata, Elie Chouillard, Nicholas Alexakis, Nicolas Veyrie
JournalDigestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) (Dig Dis) Vol. 25 Issue 1 Pg. 33-43 ( 2007) ISSN: 0257-2753 [Print] Switzerland
PMID17384506 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Meta-Analysis)
CopyrightCopyright 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Topics
  • Colonic Neoplasms (surgery, therapy)
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Treatment Outcome

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