Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gastrointestinal Cancer: Benefits Challenges and Solutions for Underutilization

摘要

Background and Objectives:After the widespread application of minimally invasive surgery for benign diseases and given its proven safety and efficacy, minimally invasive surgery for gastrointestinal cancer has gained substantial attention in the past several years. Despite the large number of publications on the topic and level I evidence to support its use in colon cancer, minimally invasive surgery for most gastrointestinal malignancies is still underused.