Colorectal Surgery: Clinical Advances and Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

Colorectal surgery is well established as the main treatment for colon cancer; however, some topics related to surgical strategy and its integration with other methods are still hotly debated.

The scope of this Special Issue is to gather and present innovative data regarding the following topics:

• recommendations for the use of complete mesocolic excision (CME);
• integrated therapeutic strategies (cytoreductive surgery plus HIPEC, EPIC, PIPAC…) that are used to improve the outcomes of OS and DFS in advanced diseases;
• the latest operative tools used to optimize surgical resection and reduce the risk of iatrogenic injury, including but not limited to the use of targeted tumour tracking and intraoperative fluorescent imaging with indocyanine green.

We welcome original articles on pre-clinical and clinical research, as well as systematic reviews, cohort studies, and case reports adhering to the aforementioned theme of surgical management of colorectal cancer.

Dr. Fabrizio D'Acapito
Dr. Massimo Framarini
Guest Editors

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• colorectal surgery
• complete mesocolic excision
• indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence
• hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
• injury prevention
• outcomes