Laparoscopic colon resection represents a spectrum of procedures done using videotelescopic assistance to remove a portion of the colon. The majority of these are technically laparoscopy-assisted procedures, with a portion of the operation, most frequently the anastomosis, being done extracorporeally.<sup>1 Ballantyne G.H. Laparoscopic-assisted colorectal surgery: Review of results in 752 patients Gastroenterologist 1995 ;  3 : 75-89

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti, 6 Dean P.A., Dean P.A., Beart R.W., Beart R.W., Nelson H. , e al. Laparoscopic-assisted segmental colectomy: Early Mayo Clinic experience Mayo Clin Proc 1994 ;  69 : 834-840

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti, 22 Ortega E.A., Peters J.H. Physiologic alterations of endosurgery Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foregut St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing (1994). 

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti, 24 Schippers E., Ottinger A.P., Anurov M. , e al. Laparoscopic surgery: A minor abdominal trauma? World J Surg 1993 ;  17 : 539-543

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti</sup>, ³³ However, some surgeons do perform the procedures completely laparoscopically.<sup>5 Darzi A., Super P., Gillou P.J. , e al. Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy: Total laparoscopic approach Dis Colon Rectum 1994 ;  37 : 268-271  [cross-ref]

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti</sup> The relative benefit of this latter approach is as yet unclear.<sup>22 Ortega E.A., Peters J.H. Physiologic alterations of endosurgery Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foregut St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing (1994). 

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti</sup> Where otherwise unspecified, the use of laparoscopic colon resection in this article refers to both types of procedures.