[Role and perspectives of the use of laparoscopic surgery in colo-proctology].

A comparative analysis of the performance of 51 operations for resection of various parts of the colon, among which were 24 operations conducted by laparoscopy, was undertaken. Certain advantages of laparoscopic resection of the colon, as well as the possibility of lymph dissection, which meets the principles of oncological surgery, were revealed.