Congratulations to Dr. Sebajang and colleagues for their paper “Can community surgeons perform laparoscopic colorectal surgery with outcomes similar to tertiary care centres?”1 (published in the April issue of the Canadian Journal of Surgery).
We published an article on the same topic in 2005, titled, “Laparoscopic colon surgery performed safely by general surgeons in a community hospital: a review of 154 consecutive cases.”2 It is interesting to note that 2 groups of motivated and dedicated surgeons can reach the same conclusion regarding the introduction of advanced laparoscopic procedures in the community setting.
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Competing interests: None declared.