Surgical tactics in cancer of the splenic flexure complicated by acute intestinal obstruction: literature review

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Abstract

Selection of surgical tactics in cancer of the splenic fixture is associated with certain difficulties due to tumor location and characteristic lymphatic outflow. In case of the presence of such complication as intestinal obstruction, determination of the most effective surgical strategy remains debatable.

Aim of the review is to study the optimal volume of emergency surgical intervention based on the analysis of immediate and long-term results of treatment of spleniс fixture cancer complicated by acute intestinal obstruction. Due to low frequency of this pathology in scientific literature, there is insufficient information on its surgical treatment. However, in recent years some studies have considered which type of surgical intervention could achieve the best immediate and long-term results in patients with cancer of the splenic flexure. The article considers publications on various types of surgical operations in cancer of the splenic flexure complicated by intestinal obstruction.

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Svetlana N. Shchaeva

Smolensk State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

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Email: shaeva30@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1832-5255
Russian Federation, 28 Krupskoy St., Smolensk, 214019

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