title: [Surgical treatment of cancer of the left colon. True left hemicolectomy or segmental colectomy?].
abstract: Non-metastatic cancer of the left colon is still an exclusively surgical problem in 1988. The problem is to determine which type of colectomy should be performed: either a true left hemicolectomy, a long but apparently oncologically satisfactory operation, or segmental colectomy. A recent study by A.R.C. reported the same 5-year survival for these two types of operation with essentially identical postoperative mortality and morbidity. This conclusion confirms that of many studies published on this subject.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale et Vasculaire, Hôpital de Juvisy-sur-Orge, Flammarion.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rouffet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zerbib
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mathon
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D003106:Colon / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies
vernacular_title: Le traitement chirurgical du cancer du côlon gauche. Hémicolectomie gauche vraie ou colectomie segmentaire?