Laparoscopic colon resections are currently becoming a standart method of surgical treatment of colon cancer. Long-term oncologic outcomes of such procedures are shown to be non-inferior to outcomes of traditional open surgery, while short-term results and morbidity profile are more favourable. The current direction of colon mini-invasive surgery development is to make procedures more easily tolerable by patients, using less traumatic methods and operative approaches.
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