Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Small Bowel Tumor Resection
Laparoscopic Small Bowel Tumor Resection
During laparoscopic small bowel tumor resection, the anastomosis can be created intra- or extracorporeally.
Laparoscopic small bowel tumor resection is superior to open surgery in regards to postoperative pain, recovery, and hospital stay.
Like Laparoscopic colectomy, there are no standardized techniques, and data on technique-specific outcomes are lacking.
Various terms are used for laparoscopic small bowel tumor surgery in the literature, for example, laparoscopic-assisted small bowel tumor resection (LAR, usually with extracorporeal anastomosis), hand-assisted small bowel tumor resection (HALS), and laparoscopic small bowel tumor resection with intracorporeal anastomosis (LRIA)