@article{ATM30242,
author = {Xiao Chen and Shida Yan and Hong Zhao and Yefan Zhang and Zhen Huang and Jianjun Zhao and Jianguo Zhou and Zhiyu Li and Xinyu Bi and Jianqiang Cai},
title = {The safety and feasibility of a single incision in simultaneous resection for patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases},
journal = {Annals of Translational Medicine},
volume = {7},
number = {20},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: The approach of performing a simultaneous resection for patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases has been lauded universally, but the operation procedures have differences. In general, colorectal lesions are removed laparoscopically; however, some liver metastases cannot be resected under laparoscopy. For these patients, the traditional approach of performing a simultaneous resection which utilizes the inferior abdominal midline incision and the right subcostal incision is preferred. In this study, we assessed the safety and feasibility of the single right subcostal incision approach for patients with either rectal or sigmoid colon cancer and liver metastasis who underwent simultaneous resection.
Methods: A total of 85 patients with rectal or sigmoid colon cancer and liver metastases who underwent simultaneous resection from January 2012 to December 2016 in the Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences were identified. Clinicopathological data, as well as operative and perioperative outcomes, were collected and analyzed retrospectively.
Results: Overall, 42 patients were included in this study, 26 (61.9%) patients underwent simultaneous resection with a single surgical incision (right subcostal incision), and 16 (38.1%) underwent simultaneous resection with dual surgical incisions (inferior abdominal midline incision and right subcostal incision). Compared to the dual-incision approach, the single-incision approach had a shorter operation time (328.0 vs. 420.0 min, P=0.006) but had no significant differences in total hospitalization time, postoperative hospitalization time, intraoperative blood loss, time of postoperative drainage tube extraction, time to the first postoperative bowel movement, and postoperative complications (P>0.05).
Conclusions: The single-incision approach (right subcostal incision) is feasible and safe for patients with either sigmoid colon or rectal cancer and liver metastases.},
issn = {2305-5847}, url = {https://atm.amegroups.org/article/view/30242}
}