# Low or High Ligation of the IMA With Apical Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery

> **NCT03013153** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University** · enrollment: 748 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Low ligation with apical lymph node dissection
- **PROCEDURE:** High ligation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03013153
- **Lead sponsor:** Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2016-12
- **Primary completion:** 2018-12
- **Final completion:** 2023-12
- **Target enrollment:** 748 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03013153

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03013153, "Low or High Ligation of the IMA With Apical Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03013153. Licensed CC0.

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