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Manceau G, Brouquet A, Chaibi P, Passot G, Bouché O, Mathonnet M, Regimbeau JM, Lo Dico R, Lefèvre JH, Peschaud F, Facy O, Volpin E, Chouillard E, Beyert-Berjot L, Verny M, Karoui M, Benoist S. Multicenter phase III randomized trial comparing laparoscopy and laparotomy for colon cancer surgery in patients older than 75 years: the CELL study, a Fédération de Recherche en Chirurgie (FRENCH) trial. BMC Cancer 2019; 19:1185. [PMID: 31801485 PMCID: PMC6894257 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-019-6376-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Several multicenter randomized controlled trials comparing laparoscopy and conventional open surgery for colon cancer have demonstrated that laparoscopic approach achieved the same oncological results while improving significantly early postoperative outcomes. These trials included few elderly patients, with a median age not exceeding 71 years. However, colon cancer is a disease of the elderly. More than 65% of patients operated on for colon cancer belong to this age group, and this proportion may become more pronounced in the coming years. In current practice, laparoscopy is underused in this population. Methods The CELL (Colectomy for cancer in the Elderly by Laparoscopy or Laparotomy) trial is a multicenter, open-label randomized, 2-arm phase III superiority trial. Patients aged 75 years or older with uncomplicated colonic adenocarcinoma or endoscopically unresectable colonic polyp will be randomized to either colectomy by laparoscopy or laparotomy. The primary endpoint of the study is overall postoperative morbidity, defined as any complication classification occurring up to 30 days after surgery. The secondary endpoints are: 30-day and 90-day postoperative mortality, 30-day readmission rate, quality of surgical resection, health-related quality of life and evolution of geriatric assessment. A 35 to 20% overall postoperative morbidity rate reduction is expected for patients operated on by laparoscopy compared with those who underwent surgery by laparotomy. With a two-sided α risk of 5% and a power of 80% (β = 0.20), 276 patients will be required in total. Discussion To date, no dedicated randomized controlled trial has been conducted to evaluate morbidity after colon cancer surgery by laparoscopy or laparotomy in the elderly and the benefits of laparoscopy is still debated in this context. Thus, a prospective multicenter randomized trial evaluating postoperative outcomes specifically in elderly patients operated on for colon cancer by laparoscopy or laparotomy with curative intent is warranted. If significant, such a study might change the current surgical practices and allow a significant improvement in the surgical management of this population, which will be the vast majority of patients treated for colon cancer in the coming years. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03033719 (January 27, 2017).
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- Gilles Manceau
- Department of Digestive and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Sorbonne University, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
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- Department of Surgery, Paris-Sud University, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Bicetre Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France
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- Unité d'onco-hémato-gériatrie, Sorbonne University, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Charles Foix Hospital, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, CHU Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Digestive Oncology, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France
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- Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Dupuytren University Hospital, Limoges University, Limoges, France
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- Department of Digestive and Oncological Surgery, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Department of Visceral and Oncologic Surgery, Paris Diderot University, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgery, Sorbonne University, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Digestive, Oncologic and Metabolic Surgery, Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines/Paris Saclay University, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgical Oncology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Department of visceral and urological surgery, Simone Veil Hospital, Eaubonne, France
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- Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Poissy Saint Germain Medical Center, Poissy, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Department of Geriatrics, Sorbonne University, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Digestive and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Sorbonne University, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgery, Paris-Sud University, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Bicetre Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France
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Benevello C, Sommacale D, Palladino E, Bildea A, Tres I, Volpin E. A rare case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus. World J Surg Proced 2013; 3:1-3. [DOI: 10.5412/wjsp.v3.i1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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We report a rare case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus treated during a surgical campaign aimed at the poorest communities in the Cuzco region of Peru. A Peruvian 40-year-old-female from a mountain community presented with a mass on the lateral side of her left supraclavicular space. No imaging tools were available during this surgical campaign and so a biopsy of the tumor was carried out. Histopathological examination revealed it to be a low grade malignant schwannoma. A nerve enucleation of the tumor was chosen as neither chemotherapy nor radiotherapy was available. The tumour was a firm mass 4 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm in size. After excision of the lesion the patient presented neurological sequelae (deltoid, bicep, and tricep weakness) but her condition improved over the next 3 years. We report this case of malignant schwannoma of the brachial plexus as its incidence is very rare (the reported incidence is 0.001%) and because of its challenging treatment in poor healthcare conditions.
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The purpose of this report is to describe a new case of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) and to review the recent literature. A 75-year-old man underwent an esophagoscopy for a 3-month history of dysphagia and weight loss. A pigmented polypoïd mass in the lower third of esophagus was discovered, identified by biopsy as a malignant melanoma. No pigmented lesions of the skin or eyes were observed and a diagnosis of PMME was made. A total transhiatal esophagectomy was carried out and 12 months after the operation the patient is disease-free. PMME is a rare neoplasm, with only 238 cases having been reported in the literature. Although characterized by an aggressive biological behavior, esophagectomy can result in a 5-year survival rate of up to 37% of cases, whereas chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy currently have no major role in treatment.
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- E Volpin
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Beaujon Hospital, University Paris VII, Clichy, France
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Spirch S, Martella B, Militello C, Nistri R, De Santis L, Ciardo L, Dalla Vecchia D, Perelda F, Reale F, Sarri C, Volpin E, Terranova O. [Surgery of inguinal and femoral hernia in the elderly]. Chir Ital 1999; 49:53-5. [PMID: 10392186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Old people are continuously increasing in frequency but age is not a significant factor to value the operative risk in hernia surgery. From June 1985 to December 1996, 189 patients, aged > 80-year, were submitted to hernia surgery. No complications were noted when elective surgery was performed. Emergent procedure was undertaken in 7% of the patients major perioperative complications and one death were registered in this group of patients. Mean hospital stay has decreased in the period of the study: was 2.2 days in the last two years. Local anesthesia permitted a day surgery procedure in 60% of cases.
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- S Spirch
- Clinica Chirurgica Geriatrica, Università degli Studi di Padova
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Militello C, Volpin E, De Santis L, Martella B, Nistri R, Spirch S, Terranova O. [Complications of peptic ulcer disease in the elderly]. Chir Ital 1999; 49:37-41. [PMID: 10392182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Peptic disease is even more described in the elderly patients. Is it different from the young people peptic disease? Is it a specific syndrome? These questions are debated by the authors from their experience about in the old age surgery. In 1997, out of 569 oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopies positive for peptic disease, about 2/5 of the patients were older than 65-year with a high percentage of hypersecretive patients. Also the incidence of complications is similar in the aged and young patients, but their course is much more serious in the elderly. NSAID therapy was not always demonstrated as a determining factor of complications in the elderly. The ulcer perforation is the most serious complication; in the over-70 year aged persons a very severe course is often demonstrated. In conclusion in the elderly a specific diagnostic and therapeutic care is recommended to avoid the high incidence of deadly complications.
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- C Militello
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche P.G. Cévese, Università degli Studi di Padova
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Militello C, Cannizzaro R, Pradella P, Volpin E, Spirch S, Buonadonna A, De Appollonia L, Rossi C, Sigon R, Cipresso S, Terranova O. [Usefulness of chromogranin A determination in the diagnosis of neuroendocrine neoplasia]. Chir Ital 1999; 51:45-51. [PMID: 10514916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumor diagnosis is a very difficult and expensive procedure. This study compared Chromogranin A (CgA) to Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in 55 patients affected by neuroendocrine tumors. Advanced local or metastatic neoplasia was found in 43 patients. Radical operation was performed in 12 patients. Seventeen cases of lung microcystoma, 23 cases of other intestinal tumors and 19 patients affected by irritable bowel syndrome were used as controls. CgA sampling demonstrated sensitivity of 73% and specificity of 66%, a positive predictive value of 77% and a negative predictive value of 61% while NSE sampling showed sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 36%, a positive predictive value of 15% and a negative predictive value of 100%. CgA values demonstrated a statistically significant difference between patients with neuroendocrine tumors and tumor-free resected patients (p = 0.0015), microcystoma patients (p = 0.0087), other types of neoplasia (p = 0.01) and irritable bowel syndrome patients (p = 0.0004). No significant difference was found among the same groups when NSE values were analyzed. The high diagnostic accuracy of CgA sampling renders it very useful in early neoplastic detection, even in cases of nonfunctioning neoplasms or absence of liver metastases. In addition, CgA sampling may be an effective screening test in patients with irritable bowel syndrome or with liver or lung metastases when there is no evidence of the primitive tumor.
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- C Militello
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche P.G. Cévese, Università degli Studi di Padova
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