title: [Basic pathology of sigma and rectum in geriatric-gynaecological laparotomies].
abstract: This is a report on 49 women with sigmoiditis and 66 women with sigmoido-rectal carcinoma. These cases were collected in 18 women hospitals in West-Berlin over a period of 10 years, from 1960 until 1969. All patients were at least 60 years old. In most of these cases laparotomy was performed for gynaecological reasons. The post-operative mortality was 40.9%. It is pointed out that the whole spectrum of diagnostic procedures was not fully utilized; today laparoscopies and ultrasound are added when indicated. Inflammatory processes of the sigma as well as sigmoido-rectal carcinoma are typical geriatrical diseases that will increase with rising life expectancy thus constituting an important part of the differential-diagnostic section of geriatric gynaecology.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Primäre Pathologie des Sigma und des Rektum bei geriatrisch-gynäkologischer Laparotomie