INTRAPERITONEAL TUMOR-CELL SPREAD DURING COLORECTAL-CANCER SURGERY - A COMPARISON OF LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN SURGERY

Authors
BUCHMANN P CHRISTEN D MOLL C FLURY R
Citation
P. Buchmann et al., INTRAPERITONEAL TUMOR-CELL SPREAD DURING COLORECTAL-CANCER SURGERY - A COMPARISON OF LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN SURGERY, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 1996, pp. 573-576
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00238236
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
2
Pages
573 - 576
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-8236(1996):<573:ITSDCS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Tumor cell spread during laparoscopically assisted (n = 35) and open ( n = 27) resections of colorectal cancer or patients with peritoneal ca rcinomatosis (PC) (n = 5) was studied by repeated lavage. Positive cyt ology was found in 3% during laparoscopy, 11% during open surgery and 80% in PC. We conclude that the risk of cancer cell mobilisation is mi nimal in laparoscopic surgery.