Blood dissemination of colonic epithelial cells during no-touch surgery for rectosigmoid cancer

No-touch surgery is used to minimise spread of malignant cells during surgery for colorectal cancer. We looked for cell dissemination in mesenteric blood during no-touch surgery and showed such spillage in 12.5% of patients.

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 354; no. 9176; p. 392
Main Authors Sales, Jean-Patrick, Wind, Philippe, Douard, Richard, Cugnenc, Paul-Henri, Loric, Sylvain
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 31.07.1999
Lancet
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - surgery
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mesenteric Veins
Neoplasm Seeding
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
Sigmoid Neoplasms - surgery
Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the digestive system
Human
Rectal disease
Iatrogenic
Rectosigmoid
Intraoperative
Metastasis
Malignant tumor
Treatment
Surgery
Digestive diseases
Intestinal disease
Epithelial cell
Complication
Colon
Blood dissemination
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Summary:No-touch surgery is used to minimise spread of malignant cells during surgery for colorectal cancer. We looked for cell dissemination in mesenteric blood during no-touch surgery and showed such spillage in 12.5% of patients.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)92164-5