Efficacy of left colic artery preservation with D3 lymph node dissection in laparoscopic surgery for advanced sigmoid and rectal cancer

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PURPOSE: For advanced left colon cancer, lymph node dissection at the root of the inferior mesenteric artery is recommended. Whether the left colic artery (LCA) should be preserved or resected remains contentious.

METHODS: The 367 patients who underwent laparoscopic sigmoidectomy or anterior resection and who were pathologically node-positive were reviewed. Patients were divided into LCA-preserving group (LCA-P, n = 60) and LCA-non-preserving group (LCA-NP, n = 307). Propensity score matching was applied to minimize selection bias and 59 patients were matched.

RESULTS: Before matching, the rates of poor performance status and cardiovascular disease were higher in the LCA-P group (p < 0.001). After matching, operation time was longer (276 vs. 240 min, p = 0.001), the frequency of splenic flexure mobilization (62.7% vs. 33.9%, p = 0.003) and lymphovascular invasion (84.7% vs. 55.9%, p = 0.001) was higher in the LCA-P group. Severe postoperative complications (CD ≥ 3) occurred only in the LCA-NP group (0% vs. 8.4%, p = 0.028). The median follow-up period was 38.5 months (range 2.0-70.0 months). The 5-year RFS rates (67.8% vs. 66.0%, p = 0.871) and OS rates (80.4% vs. 74.9%, p = 0.308) were comparable between the groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic LCA-sparing surgery for left-sided colorectal cancer reduces the risk of severe complications and offers a favorable long-term prognosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Surgery today - 53(2023), 12 vom: 18. Dez., Seite 1335-1342

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Maruta, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Tominaga, Tetsuro [VerfasserIn]
Nonaka, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Hisanaga, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Takeshita, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]
Fukuoka, Hidetoshi [VerfasserIn]
To, Kazuo [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Sawai, Terumitsu [VerfasserIn]
Nagayasu, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Laparoscopic surgery
Left colic artery
Postoperative complication
Prognosis

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Date Completed 28.11.2023

Date Revised 28.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00595-023-02689-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355763966