Outcomes of laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery in a non-metropolitan Australian hospital: audit of 120 patients with long-term follow-up results.

Background: Laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery has been shown to produce comparable oncological long-term results as well as improved short-term outcomes compared to open surgery in multicentre trials. Limited information is available whether these results are reproduced in non-metropolitan surgery.

Methods: Audit of prospectively collected follow-up data in a rural surgical centre in South Australia.