Comparison of posterior rectal dissection techniques during rectosigmoid colon resection as part of cytoreductive surgery in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer: Close rectal dissection versus total mesorectal excision

Abstract

Objective: The rectosigmoid colon is the bowel segment most frequently resected during cytoreductive surgery for ovarian cancer. Compared with colorecral cancer, ovarian cancer seldom accompanies deeper invasion to the surrounding mosorectal tissue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of close rectal dissection (CRD) compared with the total mesorectal excision (TME) as the technique of posterior rectal dissection procedure during rectosigmoid colectomy as part of cytoreductive surgery in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.