Cryosurgery in the management of rectal tumours

✍ Scribed by D. R. Osborne; A. F. Higgins; K. E. F. Hobbs

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 270 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800651210

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Ten patients with rectal tumours were treated by cryosurgery. Good palliation without local complications was achieved in the cases of rectal carcinoma and a complete cure followed treatment of benign rectal tumours. Low rectal carcinomas with clinical evidence of dissemination are ideally suited for cryosurgery and complications are minimal. Cryosurgery is a simple, safe procedure which can be performed without a general anaesthetic, and this study indicates that it has a place in the management of rectal tumours.