Background: Although several authors have demonstrated that laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) is feasible, safe, and has short-term benefits over open surgery, evidence about oncological outcome is lacking. Preoperative chemoradiation has been shown to improve local control in locally advanced rectal cancer. Therefore, neoadjuvant treatment followed by laparoscopic TME has become widely used. We reviewed our series of laparoscopic TME focusing on comparison between preoperative chemoradiation therapy and primary surgery. Methods: Out of 59 patients who underwent laparoscopic TME, 20 were submitted to neoadjuvant chemoradiation and represent study population. Twenty-six patients with non-metastatic rectal cancer >T1 on pathologic TNM staging who underwent primary laparoscopic surgery were considered for comparison. Results: No significant differences were found in operative time, in conversions to open surgery, in intra- and postoperative complications, and in anastomotic leakage rate between the two groups. No isolated local recurrence nor port-site metastases were detected in either group. Cumulative 3-year and 5-year survivals are also similar. Conclusion: Neoadjuvant treatment does not seem to jeopardize perioperative results of laparoscopic TME. The low incidence of local recurrence reported in both groups may be attributed to a more precise dissection allowed by the endoscopic view. Laparoscopic TME and preoperative chemoradiotherapy may significantly improve oncologic results and quality of life in patients with mid and low rectal cancer. Results should be validated by randomized trials with adequate follow-up.

Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy / R. Rosati, S. Bona, U. Fumagalli Romario, U. Elmore, N. Furlan. - In: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0960-7404. - 16:Suppl. 1(2007), pp. S83-S89.

Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

R. Rosati
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2007

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Background: Although several authors have demonstrated that laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) is feasible, safe, and has short-term benefits over open surgery, evidence about oncological outcome is lacking. Preoperative chemoradiation has been shown to improve local control in locally advanced rectal cancer. Therefore, neoadjuvant treatment followed by laparoscopic TME has become widely used. We reviewed our series of laparoscopic TME focusing on comparison between preoperative chemoradiation therapy and primary surgery. Methods: Out of 59 patients who underwent laparoscopic TME, 20 were submitted to neoadjuvant chemoradiation and represent study population. Twenty-six patients with non-metastatic rectal cancer >T1 on pathologic TNM staging who underwent primary laparoscopic surgery were considered for comparison. Results: No significant differences were found in operative time, in conversions to open surgery, in intra- and postoperative complications, and in anastomotic leakage rate between the two groups. No isolated local recurrence nor port-site metastases were detected in either group. Cumulative 3-year and 5-year survivals are also similar. Conclusion: Neoadjuvant treatment does not seem to jeopardize perioperative results of laparoscopic TME. The low incidence of local recurrence reported in both groups may be attributed to a more precise dissection allowed by the endoscopic view. Laparoscopic TME and preoperative chemoradiotherapy may significantly improve oncologic results and quality of life in patients with mid and low rectal cancer. Results should be validated by randomized trials with adequate follow-up.
Laparoscopic colorectal resection; Laparoscopic surgery; Neoadjuvant therapy; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Total mesorectal excision (TME)
Settore MED/18 - Chirurgia Generale
2007
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