Outcomes of high versus low ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery with lymph node dissection for distal sigmoid colon or rectal cancer.
Sung Sil ParkBoram ParkEun Young ParkSung Chan ParkMin Jung KimDae Kyung SohnJae Hwan OhPublished in: Surgery today (2020)
The oncologic and functional outcomes, as well as postoperative complications, after low ligation of the IMA with lymph node dissection are not significantly different from those after high ligation of the IMA.