The Role of Minimally Invasive Treatments in Surgical Oncology

This article reviews the use of minimally invasive surgical and endoscopic techniques in the field of surgical oncology. It reviews the indications and techniques of the use of minimally invasive surgery for several oncologic indications in general surgery. In particular, it reviews the currently published literature discussing the oncologic outcomes of these techniques.

Keywords: Laparoscopy, Endoscopy, Cancer, Minimally invasive surgery

a Department of General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

b Department of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois-Chicago, 840 S. Wood Street, Suite 435E, Chicago, IL 60612 USA

c Department of Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 West Harrison Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

d Department of General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Avenue, Suite 818, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Corresponding author. Department of General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Avenue, Suite 818, Chicago, IL 60612.

PII: S0039-6109(08)00154-0

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2008.09.017

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