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Robot-assisted Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Middle-low Rectal Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2022
[Rectal cancer]
Anna Lepistö1, Pia Osterlund, Mauri Kouri
1HYKS:n kirurgian klinikka, PL 340, 00029 HUS.
Abstract:
The most common symptom of rectal cancer is bleeding. The average diagnostic delay is half a year. Colonoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis and computed tomography scanning of the body are carried out before the operation to assess the extent, and the level of carcinoembryonic antigen is determined from the serum. In cancers grown through the intestinal wall or spread to the mesorectal lymph nodes, local radiotherapy is applied preoperationally. The surgical operation involves total mesorectal excision with low-rectal anastomosis. Cytotoxic chemotherapy of a disseminated cancer will improve the quality of life.
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