Comparable Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic and Open Emergent Restorative Colectomy: Outcomes From the ACS NSQIP

Abstract

On a national scale, laparoscopic emergent colon resections are being performed in a small number of patients, who have favorable co-morbidity characteristics and improved postoperative outcomes. Laparoscopic emergent colon resection with primary anastomosis has postoperative morbidity and mortality rates comparable to those seen with the open approach, and it reduces the total and postoperative length of hospital stay.