While laparoscopic approaches are used for many abdominal procedures and allow for faster recovery of bowel function, better immunologic response and overall accelerated recovery for the patient, the use of laparoscopy for cancer surgery is still a matter of debate. For patients with cancer, questions remain about the immunologic implications of laparoscopic surgery, the adequacy and standardization of laparoscopic techniques, the risk for disease recurrence, and the impact on survival. The safety and efficacy of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer has certainly been established, but the same rigorous approach to other cancers has yet to be reported. In this article we review the current data and state of the art for laparoscopic approaches in abdominal cancer surgery.

Robotic Cancer Surgery

A Robotic Surgery doesn't mean that a robot is performing the operation.Instead it, refres to when surgeons direct the surgery using Robotic tools.

Robotic Surgery can be done in following Cancer by:

1. Head & Neck Cancers
2. Esophageal Cancers
3. Stomoch Cancers
4. Colon and Rectal Cancers
5. Hepato-pancreato-biliary Cancers
6. Gynaecological Cancers
7. Uterine Cancers etc
Can be treated by Robotic Cancer Surgery

Both laparoscopy and robotic are minimal invasive surgery. Both the surgery is the most modern surgical process for cancer surgery. In laparoscopy surgery, the surgeon performs the surgery by using rigid laparoscopy instrument which has an endoscopic camera which shows the images of the internal organs. The surgeons hand functions in the opposite direction of the instrument. In case of the Da Vinci” robotic cancer surgery, the surgeon sits in front of the console which helps to view the high definition images of the target organ. The robot’s arms move in the direction of the surgeon’s hands, wrist, and finger movements made at the console.