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ArticleJournal of minimally invasive surgery2022

Minimally invasive surgery for maximally invasive tumors: pelvic exenterations for rectal cancers.

Mufaddal Kazi, Ashwin Desouza, Chaitali Nashikkar, Avanish Saklani

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Article in Journal of minimally invasive surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Robotic beyond total mesorectal excision for locally advanced rectal cancers: Perioperative and oncological outcomes from a multicentre case series.European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mufaddal KaziDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-0006
Ashwin DesouzaDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2722-0826
Chaitali NashikkarDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-3576
Avanish SaklaniDivision of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-7612
Homi Bhabha National Institute · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Trials comparing minimally invasive rectal surgery have uniformly excluded T4 tumors. The present study aimed to determine the safety of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for locally-advanced rectal cancers requiring pelvic exenterations based on benchmarked outcomes from the international PelvEx database. Methods: Consecutive patients of T4 rectal cancers with urogenital organ invasion that underwent MIS exenterations between November 2015 and June 2022 were analyzed from a single center. A safety threshold was set at 20% for R1 resections and 40% for major complications (≥grade IIIA) for the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: The study included 124 MIS exenterations. A majority had a total pelvic exenteration (74 patients, 59.7%). Laparoscopic surgery was performed in 95 (76.6%) and 29 (23.4%) had the robotic operation. Major complications were observed in 35 patients (28.2%; 95% CI, 20.5%-37.0%). R1 resections were found pathologically in nine patients (7.3%; 95% CI, 3.4%-13.4%). The set safety thresholds were not crossed. At a median follow-up of 15 months, 44 patients (35.5%) recurred with 8.1% local recurrence rate. The 2-year overall and disease-free survivals were 85.2% and 53.7%, respectively. Conclusion: MIS exenterations for locally-advanced rectal cancers demonstrated acceptable morbidity and safety in term of R0 resections at experienced centers. Longer follow-up is required to demonstrate cancer survival outcomes.

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Locally advancedMinimally invasive surgical proceduresPelvic exenterationRectal neoplasms

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PMID36601490
PMCPMC9763485
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