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When performing anterior resection for rectal cancer, a robotic technique that provides three-dimensional visualization and technical dexterity has been applied to overcome some limitations of conventional laparoscopic surgery. As of the end of March 2013, 56 patients have undergone robotic colorectal surgery at Fujita Health University. We herein introduce our fully-robotic technique with single cart position and report short-term outcomes concerning 43 cases of rectal cancer. The current status and problems regarding robotic surgery for colorectal cancer in the literature are also described. Although robotic surgery for colorectal cancer has been safe and feasible, the long operative time should be shortened by utilizing the learning-curve effect.

We studied the clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer with perforation in comparison with non-perforation cases, and treatment strategy for colorectal cancer with perforation. T4 cancers and cancers with massive venous invasion fell significantly into the perforation than the non-perforation group. Stage IV caner was seen more in cases with perforation than in non-perforation cases (p=0.08). The perforation occurred at the tumor site in 7 patients, at the oral site of cancer in 7, and at the anal site in 1. One-staged curative resection was performed in 5 patients, and two-staged curative resection was performed in 4. The operative time was longer, and blood loss during curative resection was more in the two-staged than in the one-staged resections. Recurrence occurred in 1 patient with stage II cancer, and in 3 patients with stage IIIa cancer. These four patients with recurrence after curative surgery had peritoneal or subcutaneous dissemination, accompanying cancer spread due to large bowel perforation. However, hematogenous or lymphatic recurrence was also seen in 4 patients including one patient who underwent a curability B resection. More lymph node dissections were seen in non-recurrence cases after curative resection (average: 19.8) than in recurrence cases (average: 6.3). It was believed that primary resection and proper lymph node dissection contributed to prevention of hematogenous or lymphatic recurrence and improvement of prognosis for the patients with large bowel perforation related to colorectal cancer.

進行大腸癌化学療法であるXELOX±BV療法の有効性・安全性を確認するための第II相臨床試験を計画した.[方法]主評価項目は奏効率,副次的評価項目は無増悪生存期間,安全性(手足症候群発生割合),治療成功期間とした.本試験では全例に対し医師,看護師,薬剤師によるチームで副作用対策に取り組んだ.この結果,副作用発現率の低下と相対的用量強度の維持に有効であったため報告する.国内I/II相試験であるJO19380試験での手足症候群(HFS)発現率はgrade2/3が17.2%/1.7%であったが当院では13.3%/0%と良好な結果であった.相対的用量強度は6コース時点でL-OHP 89.2%,Xeloda 91.0%で良好であった.またその効果はCR/PR/NC/PD割合がそれぞれ10%/56.7%/16.7%/3.3%で奏効率66.7%,病勢制御率96.7%と満足できる結果であった.[結語]今後も増加するであろう外来での抗癌剤治療では,自宅での管理がより一層重要となる.チームでの取り組みは今後更に必要になると考えられる.(著者抄録)

2009年9月に大腸癌に対するda Vinci Surgical Systemを用いたロボット手術を導入し,これまでに20例を経験した.今回は,そのなかで下部直腸癌3例に対して内括約筋切除術(ISR)を施行したので,その手技と手術成績を報告する.術前診断でcT1の2例と,経肛門的腫瘍切除(MITAS)術後の1例であり,いずれも側方郭清の必要のない症例を選択した.平均手術時間は512分,出血量は113gで,術後平均在院日数は9日であった.1例に骨盤内膿瘍を認めたが,保存的治療で軽快した.病理組織検査で,郭清リンパ節は平均17個であり,Surgical Marginも全例negativeであった.Learning curveによる手術時間の短縮とさらなる症例の蓄積によってfeasibilityと安全性を示す必要があると考えられた.(著者抄録)