Our experience of 209 laparoscopic resections on an equal number of patients over a period of 2½ years is reported. This series comprised 151 patients with benign disease and 58 patients with malignant tumors. The conversion rate for benign disease was 10% and for malignant disease 8.6%. The morbidity for benign and malignant disease was 10.6 and 20.6%, respectively. Mortality was 0% for the benign group and 3.4% for malignancies. Mean operating time for both groups was 3 h (range l-5½ h). There was a minimal request for analgetics. The duration of hospital stay was between 7 and 9 days. The costs were diminished by the use of metallic resterilisable instruments. For benign disease, laparoscopic colon resection is in our opinion the treatment of choice. Further experience is necessary to assess its usefulness in malignant disease.
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