Long-term outcomes of S-1 and oxaliplatin neoadjuvant chemotherapy with total mesorectal excision and lateral lymph node dissection for rectal cancer.

Purpose: Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for rectal cancer is limited by its harmful side effects and its insufficient benefit on lateral lymph node metastases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of S-1 and oxaliplatin with total mesorectal excision (TME) and lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) without radiation for rectal cancer.

Methods: The inclusion criteria were patients with stage II or III rectal cancer located within 10 cm from the anal verge.

[A Case of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery for Stenotic Sigmoid Colon Cancer with Simultaneous Lateral Lymph Node Metastasis].

The patient is a 63-year-old man. He visited his previous physician for abdominal pain. After close examinations, he was diagnosed with stenotic sigmoid colon cancer with left lateral lymph node metastasis.

[Short Term and Long Term Outcomes of Robotic Surgery in Sphincter Function Preserving Surgery for Lower Rectal Cancer].

Background: Surgical and oncological outcomes of lower rectal cancer remain unsatisfactory. We investigated the short term and long term outcomes of robotic surgery for sphincter function-preserving surgery(SPS)for lower rectal cancer.

Method: 433 lower rectal cancer patients who underwent SPS at our institution from January 2000 to July 2021 were included, excluding Stage Ⅳ cases and patients with multiple cancers.

Robotic surgery contributes to the preservation of bowel and urinary function after total mesorectal excision: comparisons with transanal and conventional laparoscopic surgery.

Background: Determine whether robotic surgery is more effective than transanal and conventional laparoscopic surgery in preserving bowel and urinary function after total mesorectal excision (TME).

Methods: Of 79 lower rectal cancer patients who underwent function-preserving TME between 2016 and 2020, 64 patients consented to a prospective questionnaire-based functional observation study (52 responded). At 6 months post-resection or ileostomy closure, Wexner, low anterior resection syndrome (LARS), modified fecal incontinence quality of life, and international prostate symptom scores were used to evaluate bowel and urinary function, comparing robotic surgery (RTME) with transanal (taTME) or conventional laparoscopic surgery (LTME).