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Plane of mesocolic dissection as predictor of recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid colon cancer: A cohort study
Author(s) -
Sakjah Sara,
Olsen Anna Sofie Friis,
Gundestrup Anders Kierkegaard,
Born Pernille Wolder,
Bols Birgitte,
Ingeholm Peter,
Kleif Jakob,
Bertelsen Claus Anders
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/codi.16125
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , surgery , colorectal cancer , sigmoid colon , perioperative , risk factor , rectum , cancer
Aim To investigate whether intramesocolic plane dissection assessed on fresh specimens by the pathologist is a risk factor for recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid cancer when compared with mesocolic plane dissection. Method Single‐centre study based on prospectively registered data on patients undergoing resection for UICC stage I–III sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma during the period 2010–2017. The patients were stratified into either an intramesocolic plane group or a mesocolic plane group. Primary outcome was risk of recurrence after 4.2 years using inverse probability treatment weighting and competing risk analyses. Results Of a total of 332 patients, two were excluded as the specimen was assessed as muscularis propria plane, 237 (72%) specimens were deemed as mesocolic and 93 (28%) as intramesocolic. The 4.2‐year cumulative incidence of recurrence after inverse probability treatment weighting was 14.9% (10.4–19.3) in the mesocolic group compared with 9.4% (3.7–15.0) in the intramesocolic group, thus the absolute risk difference between the mesocolic plane and intramesocolic plane was 5.5% (−12.5–1.6; p = 0.13) in favour of the intramesocolic group. Conclusion Intramesocolic plane dissection was not a risk factor for recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid cancer when compared with mesocolic plane dissection. No difference in risk of local recurrence, death before recurrence, and in overall survival after 4.2 years was observed between the two groups. With less than 1% of the specimens deemed as muscularis propria plane dissection, the classification appears unusable for the risk prediction of sigmoid colon cancer.