Posterior mediastinal goitre with carcinoma of rectum
โ Scribed by A. A. Langdon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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Abstract Rectal resection with colo-anal anastomosis was performed in 65 patients with carcinoma of the lower rectum. In 20 a pelvic colonic reservoir was constructed while in 45 a direct anastomosis was carried out. There were no postoperative deaths and morbidity was comparable in the two groups.
## BACKGROUND. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of preoperative radiation therapy (RT) on the objective responses of patients with rectal carcinoma to their treatment. These effects were assessed with endorectal ultrasound (EUS) evaluation, histopathologic grading of postirradiati
at the time of the analysis. The surgery alone versus surgery plus TRT groups were 1 Division of Radiation Oncology, well balanced with respect to gender, age, histology, tumor grade, number of Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, mediastinal lymph node stations dissected or involved, and inv