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Surgical treatment of a colon neoplasm of the splenic flexure: a multicentric study of short-term outcomes.

Gian Andrea BindaA AmatoG AlbertonM BruzzoneP SecondoJ Lòpez-BoraoR GiudicissiA FalatoC FuciniF BiancoSebastiano Biondo
Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
We analysed the largest series in literature of curative resections for splenic flexure tumours. The optimal procedure still remains debatable as ERH and LCR appear to achieve comparable short-term outcomes. Surgeon's specialty seems to positively affect patient's outcomes.
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