Orcun YALAV, Ayse Gizem UNAL, Ahmet RENCUZOGULLARI, Ismail Cem ERAY, Osman ERDOGAN, Zafer TEKE

Analysis of feasibility and safety of laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision with central vascular ligation for rightsided colon cancer: A single centre experience

AbstractAim: Colectomies performed according to complete mesocolic excision (CME) principles have demonstrated an improvement in the quality of surgical specimen and a potential improvement of long-term results. The procedure is technically challenging and has a risk of serious complications, especially when performed laparoscopically. We here aimed to analyze our short-term results in relation to laparoscopic CME right hemicolectomy carried out for right-sided colon cancers.Material and Methods: Demographic data and preoperative, perioperative and postoperative parameters of twenty-three patients who underwent laparoscopic CME between January 2017 and January 2019 in our clinic for right-sided colon adenocarcinoma were retrospectively analysed.Results: There were 23 patients in our study and the mean (SD) age was 61.9±14.8. In the present series, 30% of patients were ≥70 years old, and three were ≥80 years old. Four patients were ASA class 3. Fifty-two percent of patients had comorbidities, and two had different system malignancies in their medical history. While the mean (SD) body mass index (BMI) was 25±4.3, BMI of 4 patients were over 30. Six of patients had a history of previous abdominal surgery. No perioperative mortality was observed. Thirteen percent of the patients developed wound site infection. Anastomotic leakage occurred in 2 cases, and one of them underwent reoperation.The mean (SD) operation time was 168±33 min. Good quality specimens were obtained with a mean (SD) length of 34.2±9.7 cm, a proximal margin of 14±8.2 cm and a distal margin of 16.6±8.9 cm. The mean (SD) number of harvested lymph nodes was 31.9±7.7. The radial surgical margin of all specimens was negative. The mean (SD) postoperative hospital stay was 7.2±2.8 days.Conclusion: We believe that our CME technique performed by laparoscopic method for right-sided colon cancers is safe and applicable, and allows obtaining good quality specimens when evaluating the short-term results. However, there is still a need for randomized controlled trials to evaluate the contribution to survival.

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