Oncological Outcomes following Rectal Cancer Surgery with High or Low Ligation of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The level of inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) ligation for anterior resection of rectal cancer has several considerations concerning oncological outcomes. The primary endpoint of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to assess bowel function between high and low ligation. This study was intended to clarify oncological outcome as the secondary endpoint.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess in a prospective RCT whether the ligation level of the IMA in rectal cancer influences oncological outcomes.

Methods

Between February 2008 and December 2011, 100 patients who underwent anterior resection for rectal cancer were randomized to perform either high or low ligation of the IMA. Oncological outcomes was the secondary endpoint of this RCT, whereas ass

SUBMITTER: Matsuda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5649244 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature