Short- and long-term outcomes for patients with splenic flexure tumours treated by left versus extended right colectomy are comparable: a retrospective analysis.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of colonic splenic flexure tumours treated by extended right colectomy versus left colectomy.

Methods: Stage I-III splenic flexure tumours, treated either by extended right colectomy or left colectomy between 1996 and 2011, were identified in a prospective database, and the short- and long-term outcomes compared. The survival analyses were performed using the Kaplan-Meier method and adjusted using a Cox-proportional hazard model.