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Surgical Options for Malignant Left-Sided Colonic Obstruction

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Purpose

We evaluated the clinical results of different techniques of resection for malignant left-sided colonic obstruction.

Methods

The subjects of this prospective nonrandomized study were 63 consecutive patients who underwent surgery between 1995 and 2000 at a single institution. Patients with nonprimary colonic tumors, lesions located proximally to splenic flexure, peritonitis, perforation, or cecal necrosis were excluded.

Results

Segmental colectomy with primary anastomosis (CPA) was performed in 35 patients; with intraoperative colonic irrigation (ICI) in 19, and without ICI in 16. Total or subtotal colectomy (TSC) was performed in 8, and Hartmann’s procedure (HP) was performed in 20. There were no differences in age, sex, comorbidity, time of symptoms, preoperative hospital stay, or tumor staging among the groups of patients defined by the different surgical techniques. The overall incidence of postoperative complications was 43%; postoperative mortality, 5%; anastomotic dehiscence, 12%; urgent reoperations, 12%; and readmissions, 5%, without significant differences among the treatment groups. However, the postoperative and total hospital stay were significantly shorter after ICI (P = 0.016 and P = 0.012, respectively). The overall 5-year survival was 42.7%.

Conclusions

We think that segmental colectomy with anastomosis after intraoperative colonic irrigation is the most effective operative treatment for neoplastic left-sided colonic obstructions, considering its safety and cost-effectiveness.

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Villar, J., Martinez, A., Villegas, M. et al. Surgical Options for Malignant Left-Sided Colonic Obstruction. Surg Today 35, 275–281 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-004-2931-1

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