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Clinical Application of Single-Surgeon, Three-Port, Laparoscopic Resection for Colorectal Cancer with Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction
Published on: March 24, 2023
[Intracorporeal hand-sewn technique used in totally laparoscopic colectomy]
Jian-jun DU1, Jian-bo Shuang, Jian-yong Zheng
1Department of Surgery, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an , China. dujjp@hotmail.com
Objective:
To evaluate the safety and feasibility of hand-sewn anastomosis in totally laparoscopic colectomy.
Methods:
Clinical data of 19 consecutive patients with benign(n=5) or malignant colonic diseases(n=14, 4 ascending colon cancers, 2 transverse colon cancers, and 8 sigmoid colon cancers) treated with totally laparoscopic colectomy with a hand-sewn anastomosis were reviewed. All the procedures were performed by the same surgeon team including totally laparoscopic resection and hand-sewn anastomosis, ileocolic anastomosis after right hemicolectomy, and hand-sewn purse-string sutures in the colon.
Results:
Hand-sewn anastomosis was performed for 11 patients and circular-stapled anastomosis with hand-sewn purse-string sutures was performed for other 8 patients. The mean hand-sewn anastomosis time was (49.5 ± 29.4) min, and the mean hand-sewn purse-string sutures time was (13.3 ± 5.5) min. No patients required conversion to laparoscopy-assisted or open surgery, and there were no postoperative complications related to anastomosis. One patient with transverse colon lipoma developed mild intra-abdominal infection after surgery and recovered after conservative treatment.
Conclusion:
Totally laparoscopic intracorporeal hand-sewn anastomosis or hand-sewn purse-string sutures for colectomy is feasible and safe when performed by experienced laparoscopic surgeons.
