Safe and Swift: Short-Stay Left Colectomy for Colon Cancer in the U.S.

Embracing modern surgical trends, this study scrutinizes the safety of brief hospital stays (≤24 hours) after left colectomy for colon cancer. Among 15,745 patients, a mere 1.87% experienced short stays, proving younger, healthier, and with lower morbidity rates than extended stays. Notably, short-stay patients exhibited comparable mortality and readmission rates to the 2-4 days group. This underscores the safety of short-stay left colectomies for well-selected patients, laying the groundwork for potential broader adoption.