ArticleSurgery today2014
Short- and long-term outcomes for patients with splenic flexure tumours treated by left versus extended right colectomy are comparable: a retrospective analysis.
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- Short- and long-term outcomes after surgical treatment of 5918 patients with splenic flexure colon cancer by extended right colectomy, segmental colectomy and left colectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative Efficacy and Long-Term Oncological Safety of Extended Right Hemicolectomy Versus Left Colectomy for Splenic Flexure Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterPooled it
- Laparoscopic extended right colectomy versus laparoscopic left colectomy for carcinoma of the splenic flexure: a matched case-control study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2016Trial
- Surgical management of splenic flexure colonic malignancy.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Review
- Mapping Lymphatic Drainage of the Splenic Flexure: Towards a Patient-Specific Surgical Approach for Splenic Flexure Cancer.ANZ journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Right extended hemicolectomy with ileo-descending anastomosis is associated with prolonged postoperative ileus and longer hospital stay compared to right or left hemicolectomy.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Article
- Splenic flexure adenocarcinoma: A national cohort analysis of extent of surgical resection and outcomes.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2024Article
- Extended procedure has no oncological benefits over segmental resection in the treatment of non-metastatic splenic flexure colon cancer, a population-based cohort study and a single center's decade-long experience.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Unveiling the hidden: identification and management of overlooked blood vessels in laparoscopic left hemicolectomy for splenic flexure cancer.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- SF-CORNER (splenic flexure colorectal cancer): an international survey of operative approaches and outcomes for cancers of the splenic flexure.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2024Article
- Minimally invasive vs. open segmental resection of the splenic flexure for cancer: a nationwide study of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology-Colorectal Cancer Network (SICO-CNN).Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Surgical outcomes of various surgical approaches for transverse colon cancer.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2022Review
- Laparoscopic versus open surgery for left flexure colon cancer: A propensity score matched analysis from an international cohort.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2022Article
- Surgical Treatment of SplenicFlexure Colon Cancer: Analysisof Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes of Three DifferentSurgical Procedures.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Bowel function recovery after laparoscopic transverse colectomy within an ERAS program: a comparison to right and left colectomy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Article
- Single-docking robotic-assisted artery-guided segmental splenic flexure colectomy for splenic flexure cancer-a propensity score-matching analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021Article
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- Emergency surgery for splenic flexure cancer: results of the SFC Study Group database.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2021Article
- Extended right colectomy, left colectomy, or segmental left colectomy for splenic flexure carcinomas: a European multicenter propensity score matching analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Subtotal colectomy, extended right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy, or splenic flexure colectomy for splenic flexure tumors: a network meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the outcomes of colonic splenic flexure tumours treated by extended right colectomy versus left colectomy.
methodsStage I-III splenic flexure tumours, treated either by extended right colectomy or left colectomy between 1996 and 2011, were identified in a prospective database, and the short- and long-term outcomes compared. The survival analyses were performed using the Kaplan-Meier method and adjusted using a Cox-proportional hazard model.
resultsA total of 30 (44 %) splenic flexure tumours were resected by left colectomy and 38 (56 %) by right colectomy. Emergency operations were more common (74 versus 20 %, p < 0.001) in the right colectomy group. In the univariate analysis, the 5-year overall survival (55 % for right colectomy versus 60 % for left colectomy, p = 0.197) and 5-year recurrence-free survival (41 versus 54 %, p = 0.180, respectively) showed a trend towards a non-significant survival benefit for left colectomy. However, when adjusted for age, gender, ASA classification, tumour stage, urgency and year of surgery, this trend disappeared.
conclusionPatients undergoing extended right or left colectomy for splenic flexure tumours seemed to have comparable short- and long-term outcomes.
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