Open Access2D vs 3D laparoscopic right colectomy: A propensity score-matching comparison of personal experience with systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Gianluca Costa,
Pietro Fransvea,
L Lepre,
Fabio Rondelli,
Alessandro Nanni Costa,
Michela Campanelli,
Giorgio Lisi,
Maria Rosaria Mastrangeli,
Giovanni Guglielmo Laracca,
Giovanni Maria Garbarino,
Graziano Ceccarelli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i6.597
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , surgery , meta analysis , matching (statistics) , general surgery , pathology
The benefits of laparoscopic approach for right colectomy have been well established. However, the technical difficulty to construct the intra-corporeal anastomosis is still cumbersome.