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Clinical value of preservation of left colonic artery to the postoperative anastomotic stenosis of mid and low rectal cancer
Received:August 30, 2019  Revised:November 11, 2019  Click here to download the full text
Citation of this paper:LIU FU-quan,YANG YU-shen,ZHAO Hai-bo.Clinical value of preservation of left colonic artery to the postoperative anastomotic stenosis of mid and low rectal cancer[J].Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine,2020,27(2):260-262
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LIU FU-quan Department of Anorectal Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Dalian University, Dalian 116021, Liaoning, China  
YANG YU-shen Department of Anorectal Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Dalian University, Dalian 116021, Liaoning, China  
ZHAO Hai-bo Department of Anorectal Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Dalian University, Dalian 116021, Liaoning, China liufuquan78@hotmail.com 
Abstract:Objective: To evaluate the clinical value of preserving left colonic artery in preventing the anastomotic stenosis after operation of middle and low rectal cancer. Methods: Sixty patients with mid and low rectal cancer and underwent laparoscopic resection (Dixon) in Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Dalian University from January 2017 to December 2018 were selected. The patients were divided into the preserved left colonic artery group (preserved group) and excised left colonic artery group (excised group), with 30 patients in each group. CT angiography (CTA) was used to examined the types of inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). And the influences of IMA types and Riolan artery arcade absence on the postoperative anastomotic stenosis were analyzed. Results: Among the sixty patients, the proportion of IMA-Ⅰ, -Ⅱ, and -Ⅲ types were 51.7% (31/60), 10.0% (6/60), and 38.3% (23/60), respectively, and no one with IMA-Ⅳ. The proportion of Riolan artery arcade absence was 68.3% (41/60). The postoperative anastomotic stenosis rate in the preserved group (10.0%) was lower than that in the excised group (33.3%, P=0.028). In the two groups, no patient with IMA-Ⅰ,-Ⅱ had the postoperative anastomotic stenosis regardless of the presence of Riolan artery arcade absence. In the excised group, the postoperative anastomotic stenosis occurred in majority of patients with Riolan artery arcade absence and IMA-Ⅲ type (9/10). Conclusions: The preservation of left colonic artery is crucial to prevent the postoperative anastomotic stenosis of middle and low rectal cancer, especially in patients with Riolan artery arcade absence and IMA-Ⅲ type.
keywords:middle and low rectal cancer  anastomotic stenosis  left colonic artery  Riolan artery arcade  inferior mesenteric artery
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