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Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatment
Operations for colon cancer is relatively standardized. Magnitude of the operation may of course be weighed against the patient’s condition in general. Quality of life aspects must be considered.
With careful surgical technique and improved investigation and additional treatment should be long-term prognosis for colon cancer could be improved in the same way as we, in recent years have seen for rectal cancer.
Right-sided colon cancer
Surgery with right-sided hemikolektomi. A few cm of distal ileum and the entire right colon to the middle or more of the transverse colon included. A. ileocolica ligeras at departure from a. mesenterica superior and a. colika Dextra, or a. colika media, is also shared centrally. Importantly, the corresponding veins also shared key and the whole fat package with the area’s lymph nodes should be included. Anastomosis is performed with hand-sewn technique or bars.
Cancer of the colon, transverse
Are relatively rare and may, if it is the central location, surgery with resection of the transverse and otherwise with enlarged right-sided or left-sided hemikolektomi. A. colika ligeras media center. Read the rest of this entry »