title: Factors of prediction of immediate postoperative evolution in cancer of the colon.
abstract: A study carried out in 152 patients operated on for cancer of the colon showed that the early postoperative evolution of disease depends on the therapeutic method chosen according to the clinical stage of the tumor. The 31 deaths recorded in the first 30 postoperative days occurred mostly in the first week (45.1%) and were due either to hydro-electrolytic disturbances (69%) or to intraperitoneal septic complications (65%) with 0.66 and respectively 0.60 positive predictive value. Advanced forms of disease, emergency surgeries and presence of associated diseases are statistically significant risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Clinic, Clinical Hospital St. Pantelimon, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Păunescu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Răgălie
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors