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Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Colorectal Cancer Clinic, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
1Department of Surgery, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
© 2014 The Korean Society of Coloproctology
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Much of the retroperitoneal cavity can be created by only air insertion thorough the distension balloon.
An identification and dissection of the ureter and the gonadal vessels can be easily performed.
The surgical field is not disturbed by the small bowel.
The range of the dissection after the medial-to-lateral transabdominal approach can be decreased.
Patient baseline clinical characteristics
Values are presented as median (range) or number (%).
HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Perioperative outcomes
Values are presented as number (%) or median (range).
HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery; POD, postoperative day.
Pathological characteristics of resected tumors
Values are presented as number (%) or median (range).
HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery; LNs, lymph nodes; LVI, lymphovascular invasion.
Five-year oncologic outcomes for standard and hand-assisted laparoscopic RHCs
Values are presented as percentage or number (%).
RHC, right hemicolectomy; HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery.
Values are presented as median (range) or number (%). HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Values are presented as number (%) or median (range). HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery; POD, postoperative day.
Values are presented as number (%) or median (range). HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery; LNs, lymph nodes; LVI, lymphovascular invasion.
Values are presented as percentage or number (%). RHC, right hemicolectomy; HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; SLS, standard laparoscopic surgery.