Great strides have been made in the last couple of years in using minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Laparoscopic surgery for this has evolved into the use of single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), where all of the laparoscopic instrumentation are placed through a single incision rather than the 3-6 small incisions in traditional laparoscopic surgery. The benefits of doing this are unclear at this time.
Robotic surgery has increased in popularity. While only a small number of surgeons are performing robotic colon surgery nationwide, the data show encouraging results in conversion rates to open surgery. Robotic procedures seem to decrease the need to convert to open resection by about 50% in very experienced hands.
Stay tuned....
2 comments:
I just had a DaVinci robotic assisted colorectal resection last month and it went great! 5 small incisions but they got me put back together without any surgical complications. Out of the hospital in four days eating solid food and the plumbing working fine. I'm a believer!
Thanks for these article. I am so proud that I have read this article. It gives more information about colon cancer and I think Alternative cancer treatments are helpful in these.
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