Laparoscopic Colectomy
Open Access
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 134 (5) , 471-475
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.5.471
Abstract
THERAPEUTIC laparoscopy has substantially altered the treatment of many gastrointestinal disorders. Colectomy is arguably the most challenging procedure to be attempted laparoscopically on a large scale. Although experience with laparoscopic colectomy is expanding rapidly, several issues must be clarified.Keywords
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