Open AccessDistance of Peritoneum to Inferior Mesenteric Artery Predicts the Operation Time During Laparoscopic Colectomy for Sigmoid or Rectosigmoid Colon Cancer
Author(s) -
TAKAFUMI SAEKI,
YASUNORI OTOWA,
Yuta Yamazaki,
Keisuke Arai,
Takashi Shimizu,
Yasuhiko Mii,
Keitaro Kakinoki,
SHIGETERU OKA,
Tetsu Nakamura,
Daisuke Kuroda
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
cancer diagnosis and prognosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2732-7787
DOI - 10.21873/cdp.10100
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior mesenteric artery , peritoneum , colectomy , colorectal cancer , sigmoid colon , surgery , laparoscopy , rectosigmoid colon , cancer , rectum
Obesity is a major technical limiting factor for laparoscopic surgery because abundant visceral fat is known to extend the operation time. However, special hardware is needed to assess it. We hypothesized that the depth from the peritoneum to the bifurcation of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) defined as 'peritoneum to IMA distance (PID)' might be a simple predictive factor for extended operation time during laparoscopic colectomy.