Vascular Map Combined with CT Colonography for Evaluating Candidates for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

Contrast-enhanced computed tomography colonography (CE-CTC) is the best technique for colorectal cancer sites and staging (1, 2), as well as to diagnose synchronous colonic lesions (3) in patients with obstructing cancers. CE-CTC is also useful to preoperatively evaluate others colorectal diseases, such as diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease (4, 5). The laparoscopic approach for colonic surgery has become common and widely used because of the multiple advantages compared Vascular Map Combined with CT Colonography for Evaluating Candidates for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Nicola Flor, MD , Alessandro Campari, MD, Anna Ravelli, MD, Maria Antonietta Lombardi, MD, Andrea Pisani Ceretti, MD, Nirvana Maroni, MD, Enrico Opocher, MD , Gianpaolo Cornalba, MD 2 Unita Operativa di Radiologia Diagnostica e Interventistica, Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Milan 20142, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20142, Italy; Scuola di Specializzazione in Radiodiagnostica, Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universiti degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20122, Italy; Unita Operativa di Chirurgia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo, Milan 20142, Italy