Strategies to Evaluate Synchronous Carcinomas of the Colon and Rectum in Patients That Present for Emergent Surgery

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Preoperative</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Virtual CT colonoscopy </td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Magnetic resonance colonoscopy </td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Colon capsule endoscopy</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Intraoperative</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Subtotal colectomy</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> On-table lavage and intraoperative colonoscopy <br/> (CO<sub>2</sub> insufflation)</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Alternative strategies for the identification of synchronous colonic lesions for patients that present with acute colonic cancer requiring emergent surgery.

International Journal of Surgical Oncology

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Table 1: Strategies to Evaluate Synchronous Carcinomas of the Colon and Rectum in Patients That Present for Emergent Surgery 