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RESEARCH ARTICLE
            Comparative Analysis of Surgical and Pathological Outcomes

            between Laparoscopic and Open Rectal Cancer Surgeries:

            Single Institution Experience


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            Subbiah Shanmugam , Jagadeesan G Mani 2

             AbstrAct
             Background: The purpose of our review is to analyze and compare the perioperative and clinicopathologic outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted
             rectal surgeries (LARS) and open rectal surgeries (ORS) for rectal malignancies.
             Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of data available from June 2015 to October 2018 was performed. Patient’s demographic profile,
             tumor characteristics, perioperative, and short-term clinicopathological outcomes were compiled and contrasted. Statistical tests used were
             Student’s t  test and Fischer’s exact test.
             Results: During the study period, 34 and 24 patients underwent laparoscopic and open rectal cancer surgeries, respectively. Of 58 patients,
             there were 30 men (51.7%) and 28 women (48.3%) with average age group of 51.7 years. The median tumor distance was 4 cm and 6 cm
             from the anal verge in the laparoscopic and open groups, respectively (p = 0.03). 70.1% of patients underwent preoperative chemoradiation.

             Conversion rate noted was 14.7%. Operative duration was prolonged for laparoscopic resection (194.7 vs 178.3 minutes, p = 0.168). Blood loss

             (395.58 vs 506.66 mL), postoperative hospital stay (8.3 vs 11.5 days: mean difference, 3.2 days), 30-day mortality (3% vs 0% p = 0.81), and major

             complications (11.8% vs 16.7%) failed to differ significantly. Negative circumferential radial margin was noticed in 98.4% of the overall group
             (94.1% laparoscopic resection and 95.8% open resection; p = 0.93).

             Conclusion: There were certainly no significant differences between laparoscopic and open surgeries in operative time period, complications,
             and duration of hospital stay. Hence, laparoscopic surgery is oncologically safe in rectal cancer patients.
             Clinical significance: Laparoscopic rectal cancer surgeries could be feasible with equivalent short-term outcomes as with open surgeries with
             less morbidity, even among patients treated with preoperative chemoradiation.
             Keywords: Laparoscopic resections, Pathological outcomes, Perioperative outcomes, Rectal cancers, Retrospective comparative study.
             World Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery (2019): 10.5005/jp-journals-10033-1361

            IntroductIon
            Surgical therapy plays an integral role in the comprehensive   1,2   Department of Surgical Oncology, Government Royapettah Hospital,
            management of rectal cancer. Total mesorectal excision (TME) done   Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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            as a part of radical resection significantly improves the prognosis.      Corresponding Author: Jagadeesan G Mani, Department of Surgical
            Though laparoscopic rectal surgeries have been associated with a   Oncology, Government Royapettah Hospital, Kilpauk Medical
            steep learning curve, high conversion rate, and in need of consistent   College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Phone: +91 9941019742, e-mail:
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            practice, it has been evolving as an alternative to open procedures.      jagusurgun@gmail.com
            However, few technical difficulties like suboptimal traction and   How to cite this article: Shanmugam S, Mani JG. Comparative Analysis
            countertraction applied during surgeries, especially in mid- to   of Surgical and Pathological Outcomes between Laparoscopic and
            low-rectal bulky cancers, in obese patients with narrow pelvis are   Open Rectal Cancer Surgeries: Single Institution Experience. World J
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            causing concerns for laparoscopic surgeons.        Lap Surg 2019;12(1):19–24.
               There have been many studies reporting better short-term   Source of support: Nil


            outcomes after laparoscopic surgery such as lower morbidity, reduced   Conflict of interest: None

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            blood loss, reduced pain, and faster recovery.   Although laparoscopy
            may be considered the gold standard for the treatment of rectal
            cancers, the results of recently published well-designed randomized   between June 2015 and October 2018 was conducted on the basis
            controlled trials, such as COLOR II, ALACART, and ACOSOG Z6051 and a   of a prospectively recorded database. Records pertaining to age
            meta-analysis surprisingly showed no significant differences in terms   group, gender, comorbidities, tumor site and stage, neoadjuvant
            of short-term morbidity between laparoscopy and open surgery, with   treatment,  operative time  period, surgical and pathologic
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            very narrow 95% confidence intervals.    This raised the interest and   data, complications, postoperative intestinal activity, and time

            made us to compare and contrast the short-term outcomes of open   period of stay were investigated; almost all patients underwent
            and laparoscopic rectal cancer surgeries performed in our institution.  curative resection. Exclusion criterion comprised tumors with
                                                               complications like obstruction, perforation, recurrence and
            PAtIents And Methods                               patients who underwent synchronous colectomies. A series of
            Patients Assortment                                24 patients who underwent standard open rectal surgeries and
            Retrospective analysis of all the patients who had been subjected   operated prior to the laparoscopic aided rectal procedures were
            to elective laparoscopy or to laparotomy for rectal malignancy   commenced and was compared to a group of 34 consecutive
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