[Surgical treatment of cancer of the colon: a review of 175 cases].
We present a review of 175 cases of carcinoma of the colon out of 270 cases of colorectal cancer operated in our service during the period 1980-1986. It is noteworthy that 46.8% of the patients underwent emergency surgery for occlusion and/or diastasic tumoral perforation, and that they presented an advanced average age (48.5% were over 70 years). In emergency surgery there was a predominance of bypass operations (73%) versus tumoral resection (27%). In programmed surgery the index of resectability was 83%. The global operative mortality was 12.5%, but separately it was greater for emergency surgery (18%) than for elective surgery (7.5%). Wound infection occurred in 35% of emergency operations and in 11.8% of programmed operations. An anastomotic fistula appeared in 6.9% of cases, with a similar incidence for mechanical and manual anastomoses. It is concluded that early detection of the disease is necessary to reduce the percentage of urgent operations, and consequently the rates of operative morbi-mortality, and improve long-term survival.
Martínez Abad
M
M
Camacho Lozano
J
J
Asencio Arana
F
F
García Lozano
A
A
Grau Cardona
E
E
García Fons
V
V
Delgado Gomis
F
F
D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Tratamiento quirúrgico del cáncer de colon: revisión de 175 casos.