Trial reportSurgical endoscopy2011
Bowel obstruction after laparoscopic and open colon resection for cancer: results of 5 years of follow-up in a randomized trial.
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- Small bowel obstruction and incisional hernia after laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery: a meta-analysis of comparative trials.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Pooled it
- Changing patterns and surgical outcomes of small bowel obstruction in the era of minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2024Article
- Incidence of adhesive small bowel obstruction after gastrectomy for gastric cancer and its risk factors: a long-term retrospective cohort study from a high-volume institution in China.Updates in surgery · 2021Article
- Cost-effectiveness of the prevention of adhesions and adhesive small bowel obstruction after colorectal surgery with adhesion barriers: a modelling study.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2019Article
- Band adhesions not related to previous abdominal surgery - A retrospective cohort analysis of risk factors.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2018Article
- Are pelvic adhesions associated with pain, physical, emotional and functional characteristics of women presenting with chronic pelvic pain? A cluster analysis.BMC women's health · 2018Article
- Postoperative Abdominal Adhesions: Clinical Significance and Advances in Prevention and Management.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2017Review
- Decreased risk of surgery for small bowel obstruction after laparoscopic colon cancer surgery compared with open surgery: a nationwide cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Ten-year outcomes following laparoscopic colorectal resection: results of a randomized controlled trial.International journal of colorectal disease · 2016Article
- Clinical Treatment and Analysis of Laparoscopic Enterolysis Surgery.The Indian journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Significant reduction in the incidence of small bowel obstruction and ventral hernia after laparoscopic compared to open segmental colorectal resection.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2015Article
- Peritoneal adhesions after laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Review
- Short term and long term results after open vs. laparoscopic appendectomy in childhood and adolescence: a subgroup analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2013Article
- Risk of late-onset adhesions and incisional hernia repairs after surgery.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2013Article
- Risk of adhesive obstruction after colorectal surgery: the benefits of the minimally invasive approach may extend well beyond the perioperative period.Surgical endoscopy · 2013Article
- Small-Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Adhesions After Open or Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsObservational
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15 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPostoperative bowel obstruction caused by intra-abdominal adhesions occurs after all types of abdominal surgery. It has been suggested that the laparoscopic technique should reduce the risk for adhesion formation and thus for postoperative bowel obstruction. This study was designed to compare the incidence of bowel obstruction in a randomized trial where laparoscopic and open resection for colon cancer was compared.
methodsA retrospective analysis was performed, collecting data of episodes of bowel obstruction with or without surgery. Only episodes treated in the hospital where the index surgery took place were included. Data for 786 patients were collected for the 5-year period after cancer surgery.
resultsBaseline characteristics for the evaluated laparoscopic (n = 383) and open (n = 403) groups were comparable. The cumulative obstruction percentages at 5 years for the open and laparoscopic groups were 6.5 and 5.1% respectively and did not significantly differ from each other. Tumor stage seemed to influence the risk for bowel obstruction: 2.8% in stage I, 6.6% in stage II, and 7% in stage III, but the differences were not significant.
conclusionsThis analysis does not support the hypothesis that laparoscopy leads to fewer episodes of bowel obstruction compared with open surgery.
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