Open AccessLow ligation has a lower anastomotic leakage rate after rectal cancer surgery
Author(s) -
Jia Nan Chen,
Zheng Liu,
Zhi Jie Wang,
Fu Zhao,
Fusheng Wei,
Shi Mei,
Hai Yu Shen,
Juan Li,
Wei Pei,
Zheng Wang,
Jun Yu,
Qian Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i6.632
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior mesenteric artery , colorectal cancer , ligation , surgery , anastomosis , logistic regression , cancer
For laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery, the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) can be ligated at its origin from the aorta [high ligation (HL)] or distally to the origin of the left colic artery [low ligation (LL)]. Whether different ligation levels are related to different postoperative complications, operation time, and lymph node yield remains controversial. Therefore, we designed this study to determine the effects of different ligation levels in rectal cancer surgery.