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TheCaseforMinimallyInvasiveSurgeryinColorectalCancerandtheDevelopmentofaProgramforSuchSurgery·UtilityandShort-TermOutcomesofHand- ...

In 2003 at the Mayo Clinic, we performed 113 laparoscopic colectomies without any HALS cases. However, in the 18 months after the introduction of HALS, our group performed 187 HALS colectomies. The primary indications for HALS procedures were ulcerative colitis (37%), cancer (20%) and diverticulitis (18%).

Furthermore, 113 of those cases were complex colectomies compromised of total proctocolectomies, subtotal colectomies, ileoanal pouch procedures, and rectal cancer surgeries. An analysis of our HALS colectomies for cancer (N=38) showed 68% were for left sided or rectal cancers. In this subset, no...