Objectives: To evaluate the overall survival and disease-free survival of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer. Subjects and methods: 107 patients with rectal cancer who underwent laparoscopic surgery, overall survival and disease-free survival after laparoscopic surgery was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier test. Results: The overall survival and disease-free survival of 12, 24 and 36 months were 98.1% and 98.1%; 94.9% and 93.8%; 83.7% and 76.9%, respectively.