Should be a locally advanced colon cancer still considered a contraindication to laparoscopic resection?
Laura EspositoMarco Ettore AllaixBianca GalosiLorenzo CintiAlberto ArezzoCarlo Alberto AmmiratiMario MorinoPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)
Clinical LACC should not be considered a contraindication to LR itself. Bulky tumors ≥ 7 cm and splenic flexure cancers are at higher risk of conversion to OR; however, there is no increased postoperative morbidity or adverse oncologic outcomes in converted patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- locally advanced
- rectal cancer
- ejection fraction
- squamous cell carcinoma
- chronic kidney disease
- robot assisted
- prognostic factors
- patients undergoing
- peritoneal dialysis
- prostate cancer
- patient reported outcomes
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- clinical trial
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- young adults
- adverse drug