Surgery for Infrarenal Retroperitoneal Node Metastases from Colon Cancer.

Purpose: Treatment of retroperitoneal lymph node metastases (RPN) from colon cancer (CC) is a therapeutic challenge. Available evidence supporting a curative approach is weak and uncertainties remain concerning the extent of the dissection, the optimal timing for surgery, and the role of adjuvant radiotherapy. We report the outcomes of a curative intent strategy in a recent monocentric series of patients.

Outcomes of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Patients With Node-positive Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

Background/aim: Clinical trials have shown that the sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is feasible for patients with cN1 breast carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). This study aimed to evaluate the technical outcomes of SLNB by assessing the volume of residual nodal disease.

Patients And Methods: All patients with cT1-3 cN1 breast cancer undergoing NAC from January 2018 to December 2021 were retrospectively identified from our institutional database.

Right Colectomy with Intracorporeal Anastomosis: A European Multicenter Propensity Score Matching Retrospective Study of Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Procedures.

Background: This study aimed to compare the short- and long-term outcomes of robotic (RRC-IA) versus laparoscopic (LRC-IA) right colectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis using a propensity score matching (PSM) analysis based on a large European multicentric cohort of patients with nonmetastatic right colon cancer.

Methods: Elective curative-intent RRC-IA and LRC-IA performed between 2014 and 2020 were selected from the MERCY Study Group database. The two PSM-groups were compared for operative and postoperative outcomes, and survival rates.

Safeness of Simultaneous Colonic Resection and Hepatic Radiofrequency Ablation.

Background And Objectives: Previous reports showed an increased risk of infectious complications when liver radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is performed simultaneously to colorectal resection. The aim of this study was to compare early and long-term outcomes of simultaneous versus staged strategy.

Methods: Data from colorectal cancer liver metastases consecutively treated by surgery of the primary tumor with an associated liver RFA procedure between January 1, 2010 and January 31, 2020.

Conversion to Open Surgery During Minimally Invasive Right Colectomy for Cancer: Results from a Large Multinational European Study.

The risk of conversion to open surgery is inevitably present during any minimally invasive colorectal surgical procedure. Conversions have been associated with adverse postoperative and oncologic outcomes. No previous study has evaluated the specific causes and consequences of conversion during a minimally invasive right colectomy (MIS-RC).