Objective To investigate the influence of preoperative assessment by transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) on the development of operative procedures for rectal cancer. Methods A total of 110 patients with pathologically proven rectal cancer and distance between tumor to dentate line ≤10 cm were enrolled and randomized into group A (n=55) and group B (n=55) according to a computer-generated random sequence. Both TRUS staging and Clinical Staging System (CS staging) were performed preoperatively in group A, while only CS staging was conducted in group B. Preoperative TRUS stage, CS stage, and proposed operative procedures were recorded to compare with the postoperative pathological stage and practical operative procedures. Results A total of 99 patients were assessed. They were randomized into group A (n=49) and B (n=50), and there were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between the two groups. The difference in staging accuracy was statistically significant (P=0.000) between group A (91.8%) and group B (48.0%). Statistically significant improvement (P=0.013) in the accuracy of proposing operative procedures for rectal cancer was observed in group A (93.9%) compared with group B (76.0%). Conclusion TRUS is evidently superior to CS staging in preoperative assessment for rectal cancer, and may remarkably enhance the accuracy of proposing operative procedures. Therefore, TRUS is valuable in preoperative assessment which may help to guide the selection of operative procedures for rectal cancer surgery.
Objective To determine the influence of combinative assessment of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and serum amyloid A protein (SAA) on the assessment of preoperative staging selection of operative procedures in the middle and lower rectal cancer. Methods Prospectively enrolled 130 patients, who diagnosed definitely as middle and lower rectal cancer at West China Hospital of Sichuan University from June 2008 to February 2009 were randomly assigned into two groups with 65 participants, respectively. In one group named TRUS combined SAA group, both TRUS and SAA combinative assessment were made for the preoperative evaluation. In another group named TRUS group, only the preoperative TRUS was made. The preoperative staging and predicted operative procedures were compared with postoperative pathologic staging and practical operation program, respectively.Results Of 118 patients with rectal cancer were actually included into TRUS combined SAA group (n=59) and TRUS group (n=59). The baselines of characteristics of two groups were basically identical. For TRUS combined SAA group， the accuracies of preoperative T and N staging were 79.7% (47/59) and 77.8% (42/54) respectively; For TRUS group the corresponding rates were 86.4% (51/59) and 57.7% (30/52), respectively. There was no statistically significant difference of the accuracy of preoperative T staging （P=0.609） while preoperative N staging had statistical difference (P=0.027) between two groups. There was a statistically significant difference of the accuracy of prediction to operative procedures in two groups 〔96.6% (57/59) vs. 83.1% (49/59), P=0.015〕. The preoperative T staging was related to the selection of operative procedures (P=0.037) when analyzing the relationship between the operative procedures and the multiple clinicopathological factors in middle and lower rectal cancer. ConclusionCombinative assessment of TRUS and SAA could improve the accuracy of preoperative staging in middle and lower rectal cancer, thus provide higher predictive coincidence rate to operative procedures for surgeon.
Objective To determine the role of multimodal preoperative evaluation (MPE) system of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), 64 multi-slice spiral computer tomography (MSCT) and serum amyloid A protein (SAA) in assessment of preoperative staging and selection of operative procedures of the lower and middle rectal cancer in multi-disciplinary team. Methods Prospectively enrolled 150 patients, who were diagnosed definitely as lower and middle rectal cancer (distance of tumor to the dentate line ≤10 cm) at West China Hospital of Sichuan University from November 2008 to March 2009, randomly assigned into two groups. In one group named MPE group, MPE consisting of TRUS, MSCT and SAA were made for the preoperative evaluation. In another group named MSCT+SAA group, both MSCT and SAA were made preoperatively. Then, the preoperative staging and predicted operative procedures were compared with postoperative pathologic staging and practical operative procedures, respectively. Furthermore, the pooled data were analyzed for the correlative relationship between the choice of surgery strategy and clinicopathological factors. Results According to the criteria, 146 patients with lower and middle rectal cancer were randomly assigned into MPE group (n=74) and MSCT+SAA group (n=72). The baselines characteristics of two groups were statistically identical. For MPE group the accuracy of preoperative staging T, N, M and TNM were 94.6% (70/74), 85.1% (63/74), 100% （74/74） and 82.4% (61/74), respectively; For MSCT+SAA group the corresponding rates were 77.8% (56/72), 84.7% (61/72), 100% （72/72） and 81.9% (59/72), respectively. The analysis showed a statistically difference in the accuracy of preoperative T staging between two groups (P=0.003) while there was no statistically significant difference of the accuracies of preoperative N, M and TNM staging between two groups (Pgt;0.05). There wasn’t a statistically significant increasing of the accuracy of prediction to operative procedures in MPE group compared with MSCT+SAA group 〔95.9% (71/74) vs.88.9% (64/72), P=0.106〕. When analyzing the relationship between multiple clinicopathologic factors and the operative procedures of lower and middle rectal cancer, there were statistical correlations between the pathological T staging (r=0.216， P=0.009), N staging (r=0.264， P=0.001), TNM staging (r=0.281， P=0.001), serum level of SAA before operation (r=0.252， P=0.002) or the distance of tumor to the dentate line (r=－0.261， P=0.001) and the operative procedures. Conclusion MPE system could display the accurate preoperative staging for lower and middle rectal cancer, on which the prediction of operative procedures can rest convincingly.
Objective To determine the role of multi-slice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) compared with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in preoperative staging of rectal cancer. Methods Patients with rectal cancer from January to May 2009 in Department of Anal-Colorectal Surgery of West China Hospital were enrolled. All patients were preoperatively examined by both MSCT and TRUS for T and N staging, which were compared with postoperative pathological findings. Results The study population consisted of 81 patients. Regarding depth of tumor invasion, the accuracy of TRUS (88.89%) was not significantly higher than that of MSCT (77.78%), P=0.168. Regarding lymph node metastasis, the result of MSCT was more accurate than that of TRUS (66.67% vs. 48.15%, P=0.034). Conclusions Although TRUS remains the advantages in evaluating local invasion, the gap between MSCT and TRUS are significantly diminished. MSCT is superior to TRUS in evaluation of lymph node metastasis, however, further improvement on the diagnostic accuracies would be warranted in both modalities.
Objective To summarize recent advances on preoperative staging strategies in rectal cancer. Methods Relevant references about preoperative staging strategies were collected and reviewed. The multimodal preoperative evaluation (MPE) system recently documented was focused on. Results The comparably accurate T and M stage could be achieved preoperatively by following an appropriate available method; however, the N stage’s accuracy was still not satisfying. The MPE system， incorporating with the advantages of transrectal ultrasound， computerized tomography and serum amyloid A protein in a multi-disciplinary mode could display the most accurate preoperative staging for rectal cancer currently. Conclusion The MPE has potential prospects in preoperative staging of rectal cancer， and can provide the most accurate preoperative staging for rectal cancer at present.
ObjectiveTo explore the incidence of and relative factors for infectious complications after transrectal prostatic biopsy. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 238 patients who underwent prostate puncture biopsy via rectum between January 2008 and December 2013, and analyzed the rate of infectious complications. At the same time, we compared the data of infection group and non-infection group to analyze the risk factors for infection. ResultsAmong the 238 patients, infectious complication was found in 25 cases (10.5%), and there was no significant difference between infection and non-infection group in age and pathological results (P>0.05). However, diabetes history and the increased number of puncture needles may increase the risk of infection (P<0.05). ConclusionThough transrectal prostatic biopsy is considered simple and safe, infectious complications may happen during the application. Reasonable evaluation, adequate preparation before biopsy and appropriate number of puncture needles are recommended to decrease the incidence of infections.