Plane of mesocolic dissection as predictor of recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid colon cancer: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate whether intramesocolic plane dissection assessed on fresh specimens by the pathologist is a risk factor for recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid cancer when compared with mesocolic plane dissection.

Method

Single-centre study based on prospectively registered data on patients undergoing resection for UICC stage I-III sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma during the period 2010-2017. The patients were stratified into either an intramesocolic plane group or a mesocolic plane group. Primary outcome was risk of recurrence after 4.2 years using inverse probability treatment weighting and competing risk analyses.

Results

Of a total of 332 patients, two were excluded as the specimen was assessed as muscularis propria plane, 237 (72%) specimens w

SUBMITTER: Sakjah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9543653 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature