NEW YORK—In recent years, surgeons in Europe and Canada slashed the hospital length of stay for laparoscopic colectomy, in some cases keeping patients for only a couple of hours including procedural time. American teams, too, are advancing toward the outpatient colectomy.
At Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, colorectal surgeon Abier A. Abdelnaby, MD, and her colleagues have performed same-day (23-hour) colectomies in a growing number of patients by adhering to