Publications by authors named "Pietro Percoco"
Background/aims: To evaluate retrospectively in patients who have undergone elective surgery for left colon cancer, if extent of segmental resection may affect postoperative outcome, lymph nodes dissection and long-term survival.
Methodology: With lesion localized at the sigma or descending colon, 129 patients were divided into two groups according to the length of operative specimens: group 1: 73 cases, length 8 to < or =25 cm, who were surgically treated with limited segmental resection; group 2: 56 cases, length >25 to >50 cm, who had undergone extensive segmental resection. In no patient was ligation at the root of the inferior mesenteric artery performed.