title: Suture-line recurrence in carcinoma of the colon and rectum.
abstract: Seventy-three patients with adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid, rectosigmoid and rectum were reviewed to determine the incidence of suture-line recurrence. Four patients (5.5 per cent) developed suture-line recurrence despite the use of a number of techniques to reduce this problem. All four recurrences were in patients who had Dukes' C lesions of the rectum. It would appear that such recurrences are not related to implantation factors alone.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation