Simultaneous resection of colorectal cancer with synchronous liver metastases (RESECT), a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The "traditional approach" to resect synchronous colorectal cancer with liver metastases (CRLM) is to perform staged resections. Many institutions perform simultaneous resection. Disadvantages to the simultaneous approach include longer operating room times, which may increase major postoperative complication rates. Data supporting simultaneous resection are limited to retrospective studies that are subject to selection bias. Therefore, we have proposed a single-arm prospective cohort pilot study to evaluate the postoperative complications following simultaneous resection of synchronous CRLM.

Methods and analysis

This single-arm study will be performed in five high-volume hepatobiliary centres to prospectively evaluate the following objectives: (1) To determine

SUBMITTER: Serrano PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6913566 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature