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Laparoscopic versus Open Complete Mesocolic Excision for Right Colon Cancer

Research Authors
Ali Zedan, Essam Elshiekh, Mohamed I Omar, Mohamad Raafat, Salah M Khallaf, Haisam Atta, Marwa T Hussien
Research Department
Research Year
2021
Research Journal
International Journal of Surgical Oncology
Research Publisher
Hindawi
Research Vol
2021
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
NULL
Research Website
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijso/2021/8859879/
Research Abstract

Background and Objectives. The use of complete mesocolic excision (CME) technique seems to be gaining popularity in the management of cancer colon. We aim to compare the laparoscopic approach for CME with the open approach in right colon cancer treatment with regard to the feasibility, safety, and perioperative and oncologic outcomes. Patients and Methods. A prospective study which included all patients that underwent radical right hemicolectomy for pathologic confirmed stage II or stage III tumor with CME at South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, from January 2012 to December 2019. Patients were grouped according to the surgical approach into the laparoscopic colectomy (LCME) group (n = 48) or open colectomy (OCME) group (n = 48). Results. The mean operative time was significantly longer in the LCME group than that in the OCME group with less mean intraoperative blood loss. Conversion was required in 4 patients (8.3%) in the LCME group. The use of laparoscopy increased the number of harvested lymph nodes compared to the open approach (39.81 ± 16.74 vs. 32.65 ± 12.28, respectively, ). The laparoscopic approach was associated with a shorter time interval to first flatus as well as shorter time interval to liquid and normal diet after surgery. The postoperative hospital stay was significantly shorter in the LCME group. The complication rate was slightly lower in the LCME (14.7%) than in the OCME group (27.2%) (). The 3-year OS in the LCME group was similar to that in OCME (78.2% vs. 63.2%, respectively, value = 0.423). The three-year DFS in the laparoscopic group was higher (74.5%) than the …