OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare the outcomes of laparoscopic resection (LR) with open resection (OR) for right-sided colon cancer. METHODS During the study period from June 2000 to December 2004, 182 patients (84 men) underwent elective resection for cancer of the right colon. Laparoscopic resection was performed in 77 patients, while 105 patients had open operations. Patients who under...

CONTEXT Nodal metastasis is one of the most important prognostic factors in colorectal carcinoma. The number of lymph nodes recovered and examined in resection specimens has been recently shown to be critical for proper staging and is associated with survival. OBJECTIVE To assess the clinicopathologic factors that may be associated with the number of lymph nodes harvested from surgical resect...

PURPOSE Although multiple primary colorectal cancer has been recognized as a significant clinical entity, its clinical and pathological features and its prognosis are still controversial. The purpose of this study was to clarify clinical and pathological features of multiple primary colorectal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Among 1669 patients who underwent surgery for primary colorectal cance...

We report an extremely rare case of resectable asynchronous quadruple advanced colonic carcinomas. Successful reconstruction was performed after resection with an ileal interposition between the remaining colon and rectum, and the patient recovered bowel function. Resections of the four colonic lesions in three operations allowed us to leave a portion of the large bowel and to thereby preserve ...

BACKGROUND It is still under debate that whether stage IV colorectal cancer patients with unresectable metastasis can benefit from primary tumor resection, especially for asymptomatic colorectal cancer patients. Retrospective studies have shown controversial results concerning the benefit from surgery. This retrospective study aims to evaluate whether the site of primary tumor is a predictor of...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic effectiveness of multivisceral resections of organs involved by locally advanced colorectal cancer. METHODS A retrospective study was performed to analyze the data collected for 266 patients who underwent a curative resection for pT3-pT4 colorectal cancer without distant metastasis from January 2000 to December 2007. Of these 266 pa...

background a considerable portion of gastrointestinal malignancies undergoes surgery without curative resection. this study was conducted to assess surgical outcome in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. methods we reviewed individuals with esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum cancers admitted for surgical treatment after initial preoperative evaluations. surgical outcome, stage of tumors a...

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is not itself a premalignant condition, however, rare synchronous or metachronous multiple primary malignancies have been reported. Herein we present a case of synchronous transverse and sigmoid colon cancers and a case of metachronous rectosigmoid colon and gastric cancers in patients with SIT.A 66-year-old male with SIT was referred for a two-month history of hema...

Colonic lipomas are rare benign tumors. Colonic intussusception is an uncommon complication of colonic lipoma. The current study presents an unusual case of a 4-cm symptomatic lipoma of the transverse colon causing colonic intussusception. A 65-year-old female was admitted to Wenzhou Central Hospital (Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China) with intermittent pain in the left abdomen that had been present for...

BACKGROUND Resection of the liver is often limited to the insufficient future liver remnant (FLR). To address this problem, the modification surgical technique "associating liver tourniquet and portal vein occlusion for staged hepatectomy" (ALTPS) was developed and led to quick hypertrophy in a short interval. In some colorectal cancer patients with multiple and bilobar metastases, the resectio...