Laparoscopic versus Open Emergency Surgery for Right Colon Cancers.

Background: A laparoscopic approach to right colectomies for emergency right colon cancers is under investigation. This study compares perioperative and oncological long-term outcomes of right colon cancers undergoing laparoscopic or open emergency resections and identifies risk factors for survival.

Methods: Patients were identified from a prospectively maintained institutional database between 2009 and 2019.

Correction: Emergency Laparoscopic Management of Perforative Peritonitis: A Retrospective Study.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.20121.

Emergency Laparoscopic Management of Perforative Peritonitis: A Retrospective Study.

Background Peritonitis was previously considered a contraindication for minimally invasive surgery due to the risk of malignant hypercapnia partial pressure of carbon-dioxide (PCO2) and toxic shock syndrome. The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the role of laparoscopic surgery (LS) in selected patients with perforative peritonitis and to study its feasibility, safety, and outcomes. Patients and methods This was a retrospective study of 25 patients spanning over five years from 2015 to 2020.