Why are so Many Patients with Rectal Cancer Still Treated with Abdominoperineal Resection in America?

Comparison of the mortality, morbidity a

Comparison of the mortality, morbidity and incidence of local recurrence in patients with rectal cancer treated by either stapled anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection

✍ Mr P. Gillen; A. L. G. Peel 📂 Article 📅 1986 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 375 KB 👁 2 views

Abstract One hundred patients with rectal cancer treated by one surgeon over a 7 year period are reviewed. Fifty-five patients were treated by stapled anterior resection (SAR) and 45 by abdominoperineal resection (APR). Dukes' classification, degree of differentiation and local spread were similar i