ong-term oncological feasibility of laparoscopic D1 plus lymphadenectomy for rectal cancer with clinically negative lymph nodes and its preoperative CT evaluatio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Rectal cancer without lymph node metastasis on preoperative computed tomography scans
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000021117
- Lead Sponsor
- Takeshi Yanagita
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Patients diagnosed with lymph node metastasis, who were treated by chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy preoperatively were excluded. One patient who died of pneumonia within 30 days after surgery was also excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Disease specific survival rate and recurrence free survival rate were compared for at least three-year follow-up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility of defining more than 10 mm of the minor axis of the lymph nodes as positive