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SUBMITTER: Storli KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5714803 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Storli Kristian Eeg KE Lygre Kristin Bentung KB Iversen Knut Børge KB Decap Maria M Eide Geir Egil GE
World journal of gastrointestinal surgery 20171101 11
<h4>Aim</h4>To analyse clinical and long-term oncologic results after laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision (CME) for colonic cancer over a 10-year period.<h4>Methods</h4>Consecutive patients who received laparoscopic CME at our hospital from 2007 to 2017 were prospectively registered and retrospectively analysed. In total, 341 patients were included with tumour-nodal-metastasis (TNM) stages 0-III.<h4>Results</h4>The mean age of the patients was 71.9 years. The median length of stay was 5 d. ...[more]