Minimally invasive vs. open segmental resection of the splenic flexure for cancer: a nationwide study of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology-Colorectal Cancer Network (SICO-CNN).
Maurizio DegiuliMonica OrtenziMariano TomatisLucia PucaDesiree CianfloccaDaniela RegaAnnalisa MaroliUgo ElmoreFrancesca PecchiniMarco MiloneRoberta La MendolaErica SoligoSimona DeiddaDomenico SpoletiniDiletta CassiniAlessandra AprileMichela MinecciaHerald NikajFrancesco MarchegianiFabio MaielloCristina BombardiniMichele ZuoloMichele CarlucciLuca FerraroArmando FalatoAlberto BiondiRoberto PersianiPatrizia MarsanichDaniele FusarioLeonardo SolainiSara PolleselGianluca RizzoClaudio CocoAlberto Di LeoDavide CavaliereFranco RovielloAndrea MuratoreDomenico D'UgoFrancesco BiancoPaolo Pietro BianchiPaola De NardiMarco RigamontiGabriele AnaniaClaudio BellucoRoberto PolastriSalvatore PucciarelliSergio GentilliAlessandro FerreroStefano ScabiniGianandrea BaldazziMassimo CarliniAngelo RestivoSilvio TestaDario PariniGiovanni Domenico De PalmaMicaela PiccoliRiccardo RosatiAntonino SpinelliPaolo DelrioFelice BorghiMarco GuerrieriRossella ReddavidPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2022)
Among patients with SFC, the minimally invasive approach met the criterion for noninferiority for postoperative complications and pathological outcomes, and was found to provide results of OS, CSM, and RR comparable to those of open resection.