Impact of medial-to-lateral vs lateral-to-medial approach on short-term and cancer-related outcomes in laparoscopic colorectal surgery: A retrospective cohort study

Our study shows that mobilising the colon medially in laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection increases the lymph node harvest, gives comparable CRM clearance, similar length of hospital stay and complications. It makes no statistically significant difference in the overall patient survival.