Gaku Inaguma, Junichiro Hiro, Koki Otsuka, Koji Masumori, Yosuke Kobayashi, Yongchol Chong, Yusuke Omura, Yutaka Hattori, Kazuki Tsujimura, Ichiro Uyama, Koichi Suda
Asian journal of endoscopic surgery 17(4) e13366 2024年10月
Subtotal colectomy is often performed on patients with synchronous colorectal cancer. However, compared with colorectal anastomosis, ileorectal anastomosis with subtotal colectomy is more likely to result in bowel dysfunction. The Deloyers procedure is useful in preserving bowel function in a patient with synchronous colorectal cancer. An 87-year-old man presented with bloody stool. Colonoscopy showed masses in the cecum, transverse colon, rectosigmoid, and rectum above the peritoneal reflection. Computed tomography scan revealed no evidence of regional lymph node swelling and distant metastasis. Therefore, robot-assisted low anterior resection, laparoscopic extended left hemicolectomy, laparoscopic cecal resection, and diverting ileostomy were performed. The patient was discharged from the hospital without complications. There was no recurrence, and the patient did not have complaints such as urgency, fecal incontinence, and excretory dysfunction. Hence, minimally invasive coloproctectomy using the Deloyers procedure can be safe and useful in preserving postoperative bowel function in elderly patients.