Navigation-Assisted Surgery for Locally Advanced Primary and Recurrent Rectal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In some surgical disciplines, navigation-assisted surgery has become standard of care, but in rectal cancer, indications for navigation and the utility of different technologies remain undetermined.

Methods

The NAVI-LARRC prospective study (NCT04512937; IDEAL Stage 2a) evaluated feasibility of navigation in patients with locally advanced primary (LARC) and recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC). Included patients had advanced tumours with high risk of incomplete (R1/R2) resection, and navigation was considered likely to improve the probability of complete resection (R0). Tumours were classified according to pelvic compartmental involvement, as suggested by the Royal Marsden group. The Brainlab^TM navigation platform was used for preoperative segmentation of tumo

SUBMITTER: Solbakken AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10562504 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature