Laparoscopic and Open Surgery in Patients with Transverse Colon Cancer: short term and oncologic outcomes

JRCT ID: jRCT1030210203

Registered date:16/07/2021

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Not Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: The differences between laparoscopic and open procedure.
• Date of first enrollment: 10/01/2003
• Target sample size: 248
• Study type: Observational

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: The primary end point was the RFS rate according to pathological stage.
• Secondary Outcome: Secondary end points were the OS rate according to pathological stage, the incidence of postoperative complications, and variables related to recovery and quality of life.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: All consecutive patients who underwent resection for a cancer located in the transverse colon between 2003 and 2019 were reviewed.
• Exclude criteria: The exclusion criteria were bowel obstruction, bowel perforation, adjacent organ invasion, distant metastases, familial polyposis coli and inflammatory bowel diseases, gastrointestinal disease requiring surgical intervention, concurrent or previous malignant tumor and a history of malignant disease within 5 years, preoperative chemotherapy, and severe medical illness.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Matsumoto Akiyo