Laparoscopic resection with complete mesocolic excision for splenic flexure cancer: long-term follow-up data from a multicenter retrospective study.
Umberto BracaleGiovanni MerolaGiusto PignataFrancesco CorcioneFelice PirozziDiego CuccurulloGiovanni Domenico De PalmaElisa CassinottiAntonio SciutoLuigi BoniPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)
Laparoscopic segmental resection with CME appears to be an oncologically safe and effective procedure for treatment of SFC and may be considered as a standard surgical method for elective management of the disease. In the future, routine lymph node mapping could be used to confirm this hypothesis.