Open AccessLaparoscopic right colectomy: Miles away or just around the corner?
Author(s) -
Marco Lotti,
M Capponi,
Luca Campanati,
Paolo Bertoli,
F. Palamara,
Federico Coccolini,
Luca Ansaloni
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.158960
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , surgery , laparoscopy , colectomy , volume (thermodynamics) , port (circuit theory) , general surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer , physics , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering , engineering
Despite the drive toward centralization of surgery in high-volume centers, the majority of colectomies are still performed by low- or medium-volume surgeons.