Two-stage surgical treatment of unresectable obstructive rectal cancer with synchronous hepatic metastases

Autor: Konstantinos Gossios, George Pappas-Gogos, Stella Stefanaki-Nikou, Evangelos C. Tsimoyiannis, Konstantinos Nikas, Konstantinos E. Tsimogiannis
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
Popis: Unresectable obstructing rectal cancer with synchronous hepatic metastases is usually a fatal disease. This prospective study was scheduled to treat this difficult condition using a multimodal curative strategy combined with a two-stage surgical treatment. Patients with T4N2 or N3M1 rectal cancer and hepatic metastases underwent a two-stage surgical treatment; in the first stage, a decompressing colostomy plus radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in liver metastases. In the second stage, a colectomy was done with stoma closing and resection of superficial necrotic hepatic tumors, plus repetition of RFA in recurrent or new hepatic tumors. Four patients were included, with 1 to 8 (total 20) hepatic metastases, each
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