Table 1.

Table of studies involving emergent laparoscopic colorectal surgery and inflammatory bowel disease

Ref.	Type of study	Number of LCS patients	Institution	Main outcome
Nash et al[27]	Comparative	36	Single	No difference in morbidity;
				Longer operating time in LCS;
				Shorter hospital stay
Stulberg et al[14]	Comparative	42	Single-centre	Less blood loss, shorter stay, less morbidity
Marceau et al[26]	Comparative	40	Single-centre	Similar operating time;
				Hospital stay similar;
				Morbidity similar
Fowkes et al[21]	Comparative	22	Single centre	Shorter hospital stay;
				Similar morbidity
Seshadri et al[28]	Comparative	37	Single-centre	Longer operating time in LCS;
				No differences in complications;
				Less post-op morbidity;
				Shorter hospital stay
Watanabe et al[29]	Comparative	30	Single-centre	Longer operating time in LCS;
				Fewer post-op complications in LCS;
				Faster gut recovery in LCS
Qazi et al[24]	Comparative	17	Single-centre	Increased complications in LCS;
				Conversion rate of 32%
Marcello et al[6]	Comparative	16	Single-centre	Early oral intake in LCS;
				No difference in morbidity
Ouaïssi et al[25]	Single cohort	18	Single-centre	Safe; feasible;
				Morbidity 33%
Bell and Seymour[31]	Single cohort	18	Single-centre	High morbidity;
				Shorter hospital stay

LCS: Laparoscopic colorectal surgery.