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Revision as of 03:19, 18 October 2014
This protocol deals with right hemicolectomy for cancer grossing.
It is done for cancers in the cecum, right colon, and appendix. Right hemicolectomies are also commonly done for Crohn's disease; this is dealt with in a separate article.
Introduction
It is very common.
Protocol
Protocol notes
- The retroperitoneal margin in right hemicolectomies should be treated like the radial margin in total mesorectal excisions; it should be inked.[1] Involvement is a poor prognosticator.[2]
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Alternate approaches
See also
Related protocols
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.cancercare.on.ca/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=13954. Accessed on: 6 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bateman, AC.; Carr, NJ.; Warren, BF. (Apr 2005). "The retroperitoneal surface in distal caecal and proximal ascending colon carcinoma: the Cinderella surgical margin?". J Clin Pathol 58 (4): 426-8. doi:10.1136/jcp.2004.019802. PMID 15790712.