title: [Improvement of the effectiveness of the surgical treatment in cancer of the colon].
abstract: The authors studied the results of 585 resections of the colon and hemicolectomies which were performed for carcinoma; 105 of the operations were palliative. Among the radical operations 82 (17.1%) and among the palliative operations 28 (26.7%) were combined. 247 patients were 60 years of age and older. In the early postoperative period 5.0% of patients died after radical and 16.2% after palliative operations. Postoperative lethality was higher in combined operations and among elderly and old aged patients.
authors: G V
authors: GV
authors: Bondar'
authors: V P
authors: VP
authors: Zvezdin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: Povyshenie éffektivnosti khirugicheskogo lecheniia raka obodochnoĭ kishki.