Combined Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery (CELS): A Mini Review

Colon polyps are a relatively common problem which necessitates a colonoscopic polypectomy. It has its own limitations in surgery. Sessile or large polyps or those at unavailable section (ie: in mesenteric border of colon) are not suitable for a colonoscopic approach for excision. Furthermore, in colonoscopic resection, there is a frustrating risk of a colon wall perforation that not diagnosed intraoperatively. By the help of Combined Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery (CELS), a more aggressive polypectomy could be done while the colon wall monitored intraoperatively via laparoscopy and there is an appropriate possibility of colon wall repair if any perforation had occurred .This is a new method in diagnostic and curative surgical approaching to nonmalignant colon lesion that needs a coherent cooperation between laparoscopy and colonoscopy for performing a safe colonoscopic polypectomy.