SUBCUTANEOUS METASTASES AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION OF MALIGNANCY

Following the introduction and widespread acceptance of laparoscopic c holecystectomy. laparoscopic techniques have been applied to an increa sing variety of general surgical procedures. Recently, laparoscopic pr ocedures for resection of malignancy have begun to emerge, in particul ar laparoscopic assisted colectomy for carcinoma of the colon.1,2 In t he cases reported here, metastatic tumour in the laparoscopy port site s is described as a potentially serious complication of laparoscopic p rocedures for resection of malignancy.