Objective: To characterize the patients and to describe the results of the laparoscopic surgery in colorectal cancer, in the Organizacion Clinica General del Norte of the North of the city of Barranquilla, from July 2014 to March 2017. Materials and methods: Descriptive and retrospective study, in a convenience sample of 32 patients with histopathological diagnosis of colorectal cancer, submitted to laparoscopic surgical resection. The information was tabulated in Epi-Info 3.5.3 program, descriptive statistical parameters were evaluated. Results: The male sex showed the highest prevalence in the sample studied with 53.1%, mean age of 66.4 ± 14.7 years, 53.1% of the tumors were located in the right colon, 59.4% were in stage II, 84.4% were moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas. The mean surgical time was 135.1 ± 35.7 minutes with oncologic radicality in 100%. Conclusions: Laparoscopic surgery in colon cancer is feasible at the local level; demonstrating its effectiveness in terms of oncological results and safety, with results similar to those described in the literature.