Minimally invasive right colectomy anastomosis study (MIRCAST): protocol for an observational cohort study of surgical complications using four surgical techniques for anastomosis in patients with a right colon tumor

Table 1 Assessment schedule

	Baseline	Procedure	Discharge	30 days ±7 days	90 days ±14 days	1 year ±30 days	2 years ±30 days	Unscheduled visit
Informed consent	X
Demographics and medical history	X
Procedure details		X
SIRS (CRP) Optional: PCT		X
Pathology				X
CT scan/PET scan^c	X					X	X
Complications		X^a	X^a	X^a	X^a	X^a	X^a	X^a
Quality of life: EQOL	X				X	X
Study exit forms							X^b

^aComplete if applicable; ^bcomplete when lost to follow-up, consent withdrawal or subject has completed all study related visits; ^cCT scan results will be collected if done per the sites standard protocol: every 6 months for malignant disease; after at least 1 year to assess hernia in benign disease. CRP C-reactive protein (collected at days 1 and 3 postoperative); CT computerized tomography, PCT procalcitonin (optional, collected at days 1, 3, 5 postoperative); PET positron emission tomography, SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome

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