Short-term and Oncological Outcomes of Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Obese Patients

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2018
A total of 138 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic-assisted or open colectomy for colorectal cancer (CRC) were included in the present study. Subjects commonly shared a condition of overweight or obesity. The investigators aimed to define any difference between the two different groups (open vs laparoscopic-assisted surgery) and a series of outcomes, i.e. hospitalization, Lymph nodes number, Intra-Surgery complications, and Clavien Dindo score.
Epistemonikos ID: 47507f1593147b87afc072b3435694e328766dbc
First added on: May 08, 2024