Blood dissemination of colonic epithelial cells during no-touch surgery for rectosigmoid cancer

J P Sales; P Wind; R Douard; P H Cugnenc; S Loric

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)92164-5

Blood dissemination of colonic epithelial cells during no-touch surgery for rectosigmoid cancer

Lancet. 1999 Jul 31;354(9176):392. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)92164-5.

Authors

J P Sales, P Wind, R Douard, P H Cugnenc, S Loric

PMID: 10437871
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)92164-5

Abstract

No-touch surgery is used to minimise spread of malignant cells during surgery for colorectal cancer. We looked for cell dissemination in mesenteric blood during no-touch surgery and showed such spillage in 12.5% of patients.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Colorectal Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Humans
Male
Mesenteric Veins
Neoplasm Seeding*
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
Sigmoid Neoplasms / surgery*