Laparoscopic resection of a tumour in the ischiorectal fossa - a video vignette.
Laparoscopic resection of a tumour in the ischiorectal fossa - a video vignette.
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腹腔镜切除坐骨直肠窝肿瘤 - 视频小插图。
DOI:
10.1111/codi.13806
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发表时间:
2017
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Ueno M
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作者:
Tokunaga R;Akiyoshi T;Hiyoshi Y;Fukunaga Y;Ueno M
Tumor resection in the ischiorectal fossa is challenging due to poor visibility and proximity to the rectum, bladder, and levator ani muscle. Access to the ischiorectal fossa is limited in the conventional open transabdominal approach [1]. Here, we demonstrate the laparoscopic resection of a large tumor in the ischiorectal fossa fed by the internal pudendal artery. We exposed the obturator internus muscle as the lateral border and the muscular layer of the bladder as the medial border. The obturator nerve was preserved, but the obturator vessels were resected. Dorsally, the internal iliac artery was resected due to adhesion to the tumor, but the internal iliac vein was preserved. The levator ani muscle covering the tumor was divided circumferentially, which enabled access to the ischiorectal fossa. The internal pudendal artery and vein feeding the tumor were resected below the sacrospinous ligament. There were no urinary and/or defecation problems. The tumor was pathologically diagnosed as a lipoma with clear surgical margins. The benefits of this laparoscopic resection include the small incision length (4 cm), good view of the operative field, and minimal intraoperative blood loss. The usefulness of the posterior approach or a combined abdominal and posterior approach for ischiorectal tumors has been reported previously [2, 3]. However, these conventional approaches provide poor visibility despite the long incisions, especially for tumors extending to the supralevator and paravesical space. To our knowledge, this is the first report of successful laparoscopic tumor resection in the ischiorectal fossa.