Pelvic exenteration for advanced carcinoma of the colon
โ Scribed by Alexander Brunschwig
- Book ID
- 112797169
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 418 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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Carcinoma of the colon and rectum is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths in the United States. The mortality of patients treated by surgery alone is 55% within 5 years of surgery. Despite efforts to decrease local recurrence and their concomitant problems of pain and disability, a signifi
Twenty-six patients who underwent total pelvic exenteration for locally advanced colorectal cancer were studied retrospectively. The operative mortality rate was 8 per cent (two deaths). In patients with stage IT primary disease the recurrence rate after curative surgery was three of seven, although