Clinical Study
Safety of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in a Low-Volume Setting: Review of Early and Late Outcome
Table 2
Indications for surgery.
| Colorectal cancer | 43 | (i) Caecum |
10 | (ii) Ascending colon | 7 | (iii) Transverse colon/hepatic flexure | 5 | (iv) Descending colon/splenic flexure | 4 | (v) Sigmoid colon | 8 | (vi) Rectosigmoid junction | 3 | (vii) Rectum | 5 | (viii) Pelvic metastatic | 1 | Colorectal polyp (sessile) | 12 | (i) Caecum | 4 | (ii) Hepatic flexure | 2 | (iii) Sigmoid colon | 3 | (iv) Rectum | 3 | Carcinoid | 3 | (i) Appendix | 2 | (ii) Terminal ileum | 1 | Lymphoma | 1 | Benign bowel disorders | 15 | (i) Crohn’s disease | 4 | (ii) Ulcerative colitis | 1 | (iii) Ischaemic colitis | 2 | (iv) Diverticulitis/diverticular abscess | 7 | (v) Calcified mesenteric cyst | 1 | Sigmoid volvulus (recurrent) | 1 | Total | 75 |
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