Introduction: The development of laparoscopic colorectal surgery began in
1991. Today, laparoscopic surgery presents standard approach in the surgical
treatment of malignant colon and rectal diseases. Aim: Surgical and
oncological outcomes and survival rates of laparoscopic colorectal surgery
at the Oncology Institute of Vojvodina. Methods: Data were collected
prospectively from 66 patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery
between December 2009 and December 2019. Registered data included sex, age,
surgical indication and type for the procedure, indication and reason for
conversion to open surgery, operative time, performing temporary or
permanent stoma, intraoperative bowel perforation, pathologic TNM grade,
number of harvested lymph nodes, inclusion of positive resection margin,
number of postoperative days at the hospital, postoperative complications,
postoperative mortality, presence of distant metastases and survival rates.
Results: Laparoscopic procedures were right hemicolectomy in 11/66 (16.7%),
left hemicolectomy in 1/66 (1.5%), sigmoid colectomy in 19/66 (28.8%), high
anterior rectal resection in 13/66 (19.7%), low anterior rectal resection in
12/66 (18.2%), abdominoperineal amputation of the rectum in 7/66 (10.6%),
colectomy in 2/66 (3%) and proctocolectomy in 1/66 (1.5%) patient. The
median follow-up was 37.5 months (range 6 to 128). The total number of
surviving patients was 60 (90.9%). Conclusion: This study showed that
laparoscopic colorectal surgery has good clinical and oncological outcomes.