Short-term outcomes of a multicentre randomized clinical trial comparing D2 versus D3 lymph node dissection for colonic cancer (COLD trial).

Background: It remains unclear whether extended lymphadenectomy provides oncological advantages in colorectal cancer. This multicentre RCT aimed to address this issue.

Methods: Patients with resectable primary colonic cancer were enrolled in four hospitals registered in the COLD trial, and randomized to D2 or D3 dissection in a 1 : 1 ratio.

[Intracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a review of evidence and a single-center experience].

Laparoscopic colon resections are currently becoming a standart method of surgical treatment of colon cancer. Long-term oncologic outcomes of such procedures are shown to be non-inferior to outcomes of traditional open surgery, while short-term results and morbidity profile are more favourable. The current direction of colon mini-invasive surgery development is to make procedures more easily tolerable by patients, using less traumatic methods and operative approaches.