title: [Perforations of the colon. Apropos of 74 cases].
abstract: 74 colic perforations were surgically handled between 1975 and 1988. Among the non-traumatic perforations, which represent 74% of this series, 39 cases (71%) complicated the course of acute diverticulitis, 9 cases (15%) were due to cancers and 7 cases (13%) were of miscellaneous origin. Traumatic perforations (26%) were iatrogenically induced in 84% (16 cases). In 78% the perforation was located in the sigmoid or recto-sigmoid. The treatment consisted in performing either a diverting colostomy (30 cases--40%) or a colic resection (44 cases--60%) with or without immediate anastomosis (respectively 10 cases--13.5% and 34 cases--46%). The overall mortality was 10.8%, which referred to etiology, turns to be 15% (3/19 cases) in traumatic perforations, 13% (5/39 cases) in diverticulitis and 0% in cancer. Related to treatment, mortality reached 23% for derivation and drainage procedure and 2% for resection. Post-operative complications were respectively 10% and 47%. Among post operative complications (22 cases--29%) 11 patients were reoperated on with an additional mortality of 18%. These results give strong evidence to the reliability and value of urgent colic resection in perforated colon and enhance the necessity of undelayed operation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, CHU de Strasbourg-Hautepierre.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rochas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eynard
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Hollender
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003125:Colostomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Les perforations du côlon. A propos de 74 cas.