DCR: Extended right-sided colectomy does not reduce risk of locoregional recurrence of colon cancer

Resection of right -sided colon cancer (RSCC) has become the standard surgical modality for colon cancer treatment, and there have been many improvements in surgical techniques over time that have resulted in improved short- and long-term outcomes for patients with rectal cancer

This is a Danish based proactive maintenanceA retrospective study of the Colorectal Cancer

Findings showed that of 12,855 patients who had right-sided colon cancer resection, 1,151 underwent extended right hemicolectomy

Figure: Schematic diagram of the surgical method

This study showed that there was no difference in locoregional recurrence of right colon cancer between traditional right hemicolectomy and extended right hemicolectomy, and mesenteric resection and midcolic vascular ligation, but extended resection was associated with greater associated with a high incidence of postoperative complications

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El-Hussuna, Alaa.