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ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2014

Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for extraperitoneal rectal cancer: long-term results.

Jacopo Martellucci, Carlo Bergamini, Alessandro Bruscino, Paolo Prosperi, Pietro Tonelli, Antonio Todaro, Andrea Valeri

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Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04949672 (Pathology Assessment of Mesorectal Fascia and Specimen Quality After TME by Laparoscopic, Open, TransAnal and Robotic Approaches), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT04949672 completednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Pathology Assessment of Mesorectal Fascia and Specimen Quality After TME by Laparoscopic, Open, TransAnal and Robotic Approaches (LOTARTME)

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorSan Giovanni Addolorata HospitalRan2017 to 2021Enrolled153ConditionsRectal Cancer, Surgery
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Jacopo MartellucciGeneral, Emergency and Mini-invasive Surgery, Careggi University Hospital, largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy, jamjac64@hotmail.com.
Carlo Bergamini
Alessandro Bruscino
Paolo Prosperi
Pietro Tonelli
Antonio Todaro
Andrea Valeri

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unlabelledThe long-term role of laparoscopy in the treatment of rectal cancer is still controversial. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the safety, the feasibility, the perioperative outcome, and the long-term results of laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) for extraperitoneal rectal cancer considering a single center series.

methodsData about 186 unselected consecutive patients that underwent laparoscopic TME for middle and low rectal cancer between January 2001 and December 2011 were prospectively recorded and were included in the present study.

resultsDistribution of TNM stage was 5 % T1, 37 % T2, 52.5 % T3, and 6 % T4. Fifty-one percent of patients have lymph node metastases. The average duration of surgery was 234 min. Fourteen patients required conversion (7.5 %). A complete microscopic excision was achieved in 169 patients (91 %). The mean hospital stay was 9 days. The overall postoperative morbidity rate was 24 %. Surgical-related complications were reported in 19 %. Overall mortality was 0.5 %. Sex, tumor level, and the presence of a stoma were the only statistically significant independent risk factors for anastomotic leakage. Median follow-up was 71 months. The 5-year overall survival rate was 77 %, with 89 % for stage 1, 81 % for stage 2, 43 % for stage 3, and 10 % for stage 4. The 5-year disease-free survival rate was 66 %. The 10-year survival rate was 54 %. Nine patients (4.8 %) experienced a pelvic recurrence. Late metastases developed in 31 patients (17.2 %).

conclusionsThe study confirms the oncological safety of laparoscopic TME in a long follow-up period.

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