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01-02-2018 | Technical Advances
Application of three-dimensional printing in laparoscopic dissection to facilitate D3-lymphadenectomy for right colon cancer
Authors:
A. Garcia-Granero, L. Sánchez-Guillén, D. Fletcher-Sanfeliu, B. Flor-Lorente, M. Frasson, J. Sancho Muriel, E. Alvarez Serrado, G. Pellino, I. Grifo Albalat, F. Giner, M. J. Roca Estelles, P. Esclapez Valero, E. Garcia-Granero
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Techniques in Coloproctology
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Issue 2/2018
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Excerpt
Complete mesocolic excision (CME) has been recently popularized in an attempt to reduce local recurrences following curative right colon cancer surgery. CME combines the concept of total mesorectal excision, which currently represents the gold standard for rectal cancer surgery, with central ligation and removal of apical nodes (D3-lymphadenectomy), routinely recommended in Japanese guidelines for T3/T4 tumours irrespective of N status and in selected T2 patients [
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