Breaking Myths: Comparable Outcomes in Lymph Node Analysis Across Surgical Methods
Laparoscopic and open surgical approaches yield comparable lymph node recovery in colon cancer surgeries, both in terms of mean values and overall distribution patterns, regardless of patient BMI. These findings emphasize the importance of standardized surgical techniques in ensuring reliable outcomes and suggest that both approaches are equally effective in meeting oncological standards for lymph node retrieval.
Authors
- Gaetano Magro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3244-6827)
- Salvatore Pezzino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5751-9263)
- Tonia Luca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-5005)
- Ornella Coco
- Giovanni Fuccio Sanzà (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5845-5046)
- Stefano Puleo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7067-900X)
- Sergio Castorina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0745-4107)
- M. Castorina
Institutions
- Università degli Studi di Enna Kore (IT)
- University of Catania (IT)
- Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo (CNR - ISMed) (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17081312
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00