title: Survival following intestinal obstruction in ovarian cancer.
abstract: A retrospective survey of 38 ovarian cancer patients who developed radiologically confirmed intestinal obstruction was performed. Twenty-six patients underwent surgery. In the surgical treatment group, obstruction was not due to recurrent disease in six cases. The median survival for the group as a whole was 56 days. Patients in the operative group survived significantly longer than those in the non-operative group. There was an operative mortality of 15% and major postoperative morbidity was seen in 42%. Neither the site of the obstruction nor the type of operation influenced survival. No postoperative chemotherapy responses were seen in previously treated patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Redman
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Shafi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ambrose
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Blackledge
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Luesley
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fielding
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000267:Tissue Adhesions