When performing a resection of the right colon due to cancer one aims not only to remove the
tumor bearing bowel segment, but also lymph nodes draining the affected area. These lymph
nodes are located along the arteries supplying the right colon. Through using a preoperative
CT scan which can map these arteries very precisely one can ligate these vessels closer to
their origin and thus remove more lymph nodes which may potentially harbor cancer cells. This
study aims to compare patients operated more radically through use of preoperative CT which
maps the mentioned arteries with patients operated in the standard way.
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