Short- and long-term outcomes of preservation versus ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery in laparoscopic D3 lymph node dissection for descending colon cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis.
Aya SatoKen ImaizumiHiroyuki KasajimaKentaro IchimuraKentaro SatoDaisuke YamanaYosuke TsurugaMinoru UmeharaMichihiro KurushimaKazuaki NakanishiPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2023)
Laparoscopic D3 dissection in PIMA was comparable to that in LIMA regarding both short- and long-term outcomes. The optimal LN dissection for descending colon cancer should be investigated in future large-scale studies.