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The intraoperative, postoperative complications, oncological outcomes and functional outcomes were compared between the two groups. The primary endpoint was disease free survival (DFS).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study enrolled 70 patients with 40 patients undergoing laparoscopic transverse colectomy and 30 patients undergoing laparoscopic hemicolectomy. The intraoperative accidental hemorrhage and multiple organ resection occurred similarly in the two groups. In transverse colectomy, caudal-to-cephalic approach was likely to harvest more lymph nodes although require more operation time than cephalic-to-caudal approach (23.1\u2009\u00b1\u200914.3 vs. 13.4\u2009\u00b1\u20095.4 lymph nodes, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004; 184.3\u2009\u00b1\u200937.1\u2005min vs. 146.3\u2009\u00b1\u200944.4\u2005min, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012). The laparoscopic transverse colectomy was marginally associated with lower incidence of overall postoperative complications and shorter postoperative hospital stay although without statistical significance (8(20.0%) vs. 12(40.0%), <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.067; 7(5\u201312) vs. 7(5\u201318), <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.060). The 3-year DFS showed no significant difference (3-year DFS 89.7% in transverse colectomy vs. 89.9% in hemicolectomy, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.688) between the two groups. The alternating consistency of defecation occurred significantly less after laparoscopic transverse colectomy than laparoscopic hemicolectomy (15(51.7%) vs. 20(80.0%), <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.030).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The laparoscopic transverse colectomy is technically feasible with satisfactory oncological and functional outcomes for mid-transverse colon cancer. 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