ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2021
What is the best surgical procedure of transverse colon cancer? An evidence map and minireview.
Review in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- The emperor has no clothes-the need for standardized anatomical segment definitions in the management of colon cancer.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic colectomy for transverse colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- Optimal surgical approach for mid-transverse colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of clinical oncology · 2024Pooled it
- KRAS/NRAS/BRAF mutational profile and association with clinicopathological characteristics in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.Oncology letters · 2025Article
- Surgical and oncological outcomes in transverse colon carcinoma: does tumor sublocation make a difference?Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Exophytic colonic carcinoma complicated by gastrocolic fistula mimicking a giant gastric mass: a case report and brief review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Modified Rosi-Cahill technique after left extended colectomy for splenic flexure advanced tumors.Techniques in coloproctology · 2024Article
- Obstructing Stage IV Adenocarcinoma of the Transverse Colon in a Young Patient With Vitiligo.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Laparoscopy and laparotomy for patients with transverse colon cancer: comparative analysis of short-term surgical outcomes.American journal of translational research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Colorectal cancers comprise a large percentage of tumors worldwide, and transverse colon cancer (TCC) is defined as tumors located between hepatic and splenic flexures. Due to the anatomy and embryology complexity, and lack of large randomized controlled trials, it is a challenge to standardize TCC surgery. In this study, the current situation of transverse/extended colectomy, robotic/ laparoscopic/open surgery and complete mesocolic excision (CME) concept in TCC operations is discussed and a heatmap is conducted to show the evidence level and gap. In summary, transverse colectomy challenges the dogma of traditional extended colectomy, with similar oncological and prognostic outcomes. Compared with conventional open resection, laparoscopic and robotic surgery plays a more important role in both transverse colectomy and extended colectomy. The CME concept may contribute to the radical resection of TCC and adequate harvested lymph nodes. According to published studies, laparoscopic or robotic transverse colectomy based on the CME concept was the appropriate surgical procedure for TCC patients.
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