Laparoscopic Surgery Oncological Surgery Treatment and Results
Rules Oncological Surgery
Regarding the rules
of oncological surgery, it remembered on the one hand the need for sufficient
supra and sub-tumoral safety margins, and on the other hand the obligation of
vascular ligatures at their origin in order to obtain a large lymphadenectomy.
. This was the case in our series since the number of lymph nodes removed,
namely 13 and 14 respectively for the right ileo-colic and recto-sigmoid
resections, met the required criteria. In this regard, certain prospective
series had shown that the main oncological principles observed in laparoscopy,
data corroborated by 3 randomized studies.
For a large number
of reasons use of simulators is a prudent choice like Lap
Trainer Box.
Treatment
However, what about
the 5-year survival results? It varies after curative resection, from 64% to 73%.
However, these figures are similar to those for surgery by laparotomy. Only
multicenter studies, currently underway in several countries and comprising a
large number of patients and statistically exploitable, will make it possible
to make a definitive judgment as to the merits of laparoscopy in the treatment
of colorectal cancer. We identified some findings in a single-center randomized
study including 219 patients (111 for laparoscopy and 118 for laparotomy). It concluded
that there was no significant difference in overall survival at 5 years and
that there was an advantage in this survival for advanced stage III cancers.
Trocar Openings
Regarding metastases
on the trocar openings, an abnormally high rate observed in the first series of
laparoscopic colectomies, hence cautionary advice as to the surgical
indications for cancer. This was particularly the case in our initial
experience as evidenced by our high rate of conversions, which decided when the
tumor had crossed the colonic serosa. An assessment difficult to assess during
the preoperative staging of the tumor by imaging alone (ultrasound and
scanner). However, some series reported much lower numbers of metastases on
trocar openings, in the order of 0% to 2.5%, which has confirmed by a recent
cumulative study covering 3,942 cases and reporting a rate of 0.3%.
This percentage superimposed
if not lower. To that of parietal
metastases observed after laparotomies and varies from 0.9% to 1.5%. In our
series, the rate of metastases on a trocar opening is 0.7% (1/141 cases) and we
only observed it at the start of our practice. A large number of experimental
works have been done on this subject and this is how it has been mentioned as
pathogenic hypotheses: the "chimney" effect (the cancer cells
circulating within the pneumoperitoneum being liable to attach themselves to It.
raw tissue from the openings of the trocars), the deleterious action of CO, the
level.
Results
Pressure of the
pneumoperitoneum but above all the direct implantation of cancer cells by the
instruments of the surgeon handling the tumor. Preventive measures have proposed,
in particular the absence of manipulation of the tumor by instrumentation, the
protection of the extraction site by a plastic device, and the closing of the
peritoneum of the trocar openings after application. Of a cytolytic product. Ultimately,
the determining factor seems to be the lack of surgical experience results in
untimely manipulation of the tumor and the lymph nodes.
It has argued that
laparoscopy would have the advantage of causing less postoperative immune
depression than “open” surgery. A fact that would give interest, at least
theoretically, to laparoscopy in the treatment of cancer. In this regard, many
studies have carried out, some on the immune response of the acute inflammatory
phase, others on humoral and cellular immunity. However, none of them has been
able to assert a real advantage in this area in favor of laparoscopy.
Conclusion
Can we operate with laparoscopy
colorectal cancer? The answer is in the affirmative, but requires that the
operator has an excellent command of colorectal surgery, both laparotomy and
laparoscopy, that he is able to scrupulously respect the rules of oncological
surgery and provided he does not operate only on tumors that are small (less
than 3-4 cm) or do not completely penetrate the walls of the intestine.
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