Routine CT evaluation of central vascular ligation in patients undergoing complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid colon cancer.

Rasmus Peuliche VogelsangMikail GögenurDitte DenckerAstrid Louise Bjørn BennedsenDorte Levin PedersenIsmail Gögenur

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2021)

An arterial stump length ≥10 mm in sigmoid resection for colon cancer was associated with key clinical quality measures. Measurement of arterial stump length using routine follow-up CT may serve as a quality indicator of vascular ligation in CME surgery.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
image quality
computed tomography
dual energy
clinical practice
contrast enhanced
minimally invasive
quality improvement
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
coronary artery disease
atrial fibrillation