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| Year : 2018 | Volume
: 14
| Issue : 4 | Page : 321-334 |
Short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted surgery, mini-laparotomy and conventional laparotomy in patients with Stage I-III colorectal cancer
Chin-Fan Chen1, Yi-Chieh Lin2, Hsiang-Lin Tsai3, Ching-Wen Huang3, Yung-Sung Yeh4, Cheng-Jen Ma5, Chien-Yu Lu6, Huang-Ming Hu6, Hsiang-Yao Shih7, Ying-Ling Shih8, Li-Chu Sun8, Herng-Chia Chiu9, Jaw-Yuan Wang10
1 Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2 Institute of Health Policy and Management, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
3 Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4 Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care; Division of Colorectal Surgery; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
5 Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery; Division of General and Digestive Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung, Taiwan
6 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
7 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
8 Department of Surgery, Nutrition Support Team; Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
9 Research Education and Epidemiology Centre, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua; Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
10 Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University; Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University; Department of Surgery, Division of General and Digestive Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University; Center for Biomarkers and Biotech Drugs, Kaohsiung Medical University; Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University; Research Center for Natural Products and Drug Development, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Herng-Chia Chiu
Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road,
Kaohsiung 807
Taiwan
Dr. Jaw-Yuan Wang
Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807
Taiwan
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DOI: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_155_17
Background: Three operative techniques have been used for colorectal cancer (CRC) resection: Conventional laparotomy (CL) and the mini-invasive techniques (MITs)– laparoscopic-assisted surgery (LAS) and mini-laparotomy (ML). The aim of the study was to compare the short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing the three surgical approaches for Stage I–III CRC resection.
Patients and Methods: This study enrolled 688 patients with Stage I–III CRC undergoing curative resection. The primary endpoints were perioperative quality and outcomes. The secondary endpoints were oncological outcomes including disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS) and local recurrence (LR).
Results: Patients undergoing LAS had significantly less blood loss (P < 0.001), earlier first flatus (P = 0.002) and earlier resumption of normal diet (P = 0.025). Although post-operative complication rates were remarkably higher in patients undergoing CL than in those undergoing MITs (P = 0.002), no difference was observed in the post-operative mortality rate (P = 0.099) or 60-day re-intervention rate (P = 0.062). The quality of operation as assessed by the number of lymph nodes harvested and rates of R0 resection did not differ among the groups (all P > 0.05). During a median follow-up of 5.42 years, no significant difference was observed among the treatment groups in the rates of 3-year late morbidity, 3-year LR, 5-year LR, 5-year OS or 5-year DFS (all P > 0.05).
Conclusions: Patients undergoing CL had higher post-operative morbidities. Moreover, the study findings confirm the favourable short-term and comparable long-term outcomes of LAS and ML for curative CRC resection. Therefore, both MITs may be feasible and safe alternatives to CL for Stage I-III CRC resection.
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