MULTIVISCERAL RESECTIONS IN COLORECTAL CANCER. Cleveland Clinic Symposium 2014
MULTIVISCERAL RESECTIONS IN COLORECTAL CANCER Authors: Sérgio Carlos Nahas 1 Leonardo A. Bustamante L.2 Caio Sérgio R. Nahas 3 1- FACS, MASCRS, Professor of Colorectal Surgery. Chief, Section of Colorectal Surgery. Chief of Residency Program, Hospital das Clínicas - University of São Paulo. Chief, Section of Colorectal Surgery , Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo. University of São Paulo School of Medicine. 2- Clinical Fellow of Colorectal Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas - University of São Paulo. 3- FACS, Assisting Professor of Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Institute - University of São Paulo. Complete surgical resection is critical to achieve long term survival in colorectal cancer.1 About 12% of all colorectal cancers (CRC) are adhesive to neighboring organs or are even invading them. When staging predicts invasion of adjacent pelvic organs (T4a stage disease) en bloc resection of involved organs is required to avoid tumor dissemination and pos...