Abstract:Objective To analyze the effect of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assisted laparoscopic surgery for low rectal cancer.Methods Clinical data of 118 patients with low rectal cancer from January 2018 to January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, all the patients were treated with laparoscopic surgery, 52 patients underwent high-resolution MRI examination before operation in MRI group, and the remaining 66 cases had no preoperative high-resolution MRI in non-MRI group. The postoperative pathological examination results were used as the gold standard to compare the diagnostic effects of high-resolution MRI on T stage, N stage, and peripheral margin involvement in patients with low rectal cancer, and compare the perioperative stages of patients in the MRI group and non-MRI group indicators and bowel movements.Results The diagnostic rate of T staging with high resolution MRI was 84.62% (44/52). Among of them, the diagnostic accuracy of T1 and T4 was 100.00%; The correct diagnostic rate in T2 stage was 85.71% (18/21), and 3 cases were misdiagnosed as T3 stage, which was too low stage. The correct rate of T3 stage was 77.27% (17/22), and 5 cases were misdiagnosed as T2 stage, which was too high stage. The diagnostic rate of N staging with high resolution MRI was 73.08% (38/52). Among of them, the correct diagnostic rate of N0 stage was 66.67% (16/24), and 8 cases were misdiagnosed as N1 stage, which was too low stage. The correct diagnostic rate of N1 stage was 71.43% (15/21), and 6 misdiagnosed patients were 5 patients with N0 stage (excessive stage) and 1 patient with N2 stage (low stage). The diagnostic accuracy of 7 patients with N2 stage was 100.00%. The diagnostic rate of peripheral margin involvement with high resolution MRI was 94.23% (49/52). Among of them, the accuracy of peripheral margin involvement and uninvolved peripheral margin was 100.00%. The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, first defecation time, each defecation time and daily defecation frequency of patients in MRI group were all less than those in non-MRI group, the difference is statistically significant (P < 0.05).Conclusion High-resolution MRI can better diagnose the T stage, N stage, and peripheral margin involvement in patients with low rectal cancer. It can shorten the intraoperative time of laparoscopic surgery, reduce intraoperative blood loss, and improve postoperative defecation.