THE RATIONALE OF HIGH VASCULAR LIGATION IN SURGERY FOR LEFT SIDED COLON CANCER

Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius, Audrius Dulskas, Simonas Ūselis, Edgaras Smolskas Abstract Background. The aim of the study was to evaluate thesafety and adequacy of high vascular ligation whileperforming surgery for left-sided colon cancer. Weperformed a retrospective analysis of prospectivelycollected data of patients operated laparoscopicallyfor sigmoid or descending colon cancer in a singletertiary care institution over a…