European multicenter propensity score match study of laparoscopic vs. open colectomy for splenic flexure carcinomas: Results from the Splenic Flexure Cancer (SFC) Study Group

Laparoscopic D3 oncological resection in splenic flexure cancer: Technical details and its impact on long‐term survival

“…Our overall morbidity is higher (31.9% vs. 18.8%), but severe morbidity is comparable (2.1% vs. [16,22]. The relatively good performance status of the majority of our patients may have contributed to the good 5-year OS of 89.6%.…”

“…depicts the oncological outcomes for SFC in the recent literature[15][16][17][18][19][20]22] and our study. We obtained R0 resection in all patients intended for curative resection.…”

“…Recent literature has described SFC as arising from the junction of the distal third of the transverse colon with the first part of descending colon [14], the area between the distal third of the transverse colon and the proximal third of descending colon [15][16][17] and a more objective description of the area between the distal third of transverse colon and the proximal portion of descending colon within 10 cm of the angle of the left flexure [18][19][20]. SFC accounts for 3%-8% of all colorectal cancers [14,21].…”

The impact of laparoscopic, open, extended right, and left colectomy on clinical outcomes of splenic flexure colon cancer: A meta-analysis

“…On the other hand, there was not a significant difference between the 2 groups for the rest of the parameters, including operation time, R0 resection, reoperation rate, anastomotic leakage, mortality rate, inpatient time, and postoperative complications. Degiuli et al [20] 2020 100 314 414 ERC vs LC Arévalo et al [21] 2018 59 60 119 ERC vs LC De'Angelis et al [6] 2016 27 27 54 ERC vs LC Garavante et al [10] 2016 64 34 98 ERC vs LC Odermatt et al [7] 2014 38 30 68 ERC vs LC Rega et al [22] 2019 22 24 46 ERC vs LC De'Angelis et al [23] 2020 134 131 265 ERC vs LC Han et al [24] 2010 55 35 90 Open vs labaroscopic Nakashima et al [25] 2011 22 33 55 Open vs labaroscopic Okuda et al [26] 2016 34 61 95 Open vs labaroscopic Kim et al [27] 2017 18 33 51 Open vs labaroscopic Beghdadi et al [28] 2021 64 64 128 Open vs labaroscopic Chi et al [29] 2018 62 62 124 Open vs labaroscopic Pedrazzani et al [30] 2021 130 130 260 Open vs labaroscopic ERC = extended right colectomy, LC = left colectomy. www.md-journal.com…”

Laparoscopic versus open surgery for left flexure colon cancer: A propensity score matched analysis from an international cohort

“…They retrospectively analysed 62 patients submitted to laparoscopy and 62 patients to open surgery and found no differences in short‐term outcomes and long‐term prognosis. Finally, Beghdadi et al [ 36 ] evaluated the results of laparoscopic surgery for SFC in a multicentric European setting. Although the study population was quite large (399 patients with SFC), after application of PSM only 64 patients treated by laparotomy and 64 with laparoscopy were analysed.…”