Open AccessReply: The Impact of the Standardized Medial‐to‐lateral Approach on Outcome of Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection
Author(s) -
Poon Jensen T. C.,
Law Wai Lun
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1432-2323
pISSN - 0364-2313
DOI - 10.1007/s00268-010-0435-2
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal surgery , vascular surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , cardiac surgery , resection , colorectal surgery , general surgery , outcome (game theory) , surgery , mathematics , mathematical economics
Background Beginning in 2004, a standardized medial-to-lateral approach was adopted in laparoscopic colorectal resection (LapCR) in our institution. The present study aimed to compare the outcomes of patients operated on by this approach with those who were operated on prior to the adoption of this technique.