title: [Colorectal cancer as surgical emergency].
abstract: 295 out of 3014 patients (9.8%) treated for colorectal carcinoma between 01/1969 and 12/1983 presented as emergencies. The postoperative mortality rate of 28% was high in the emergency group compared with 6% after elective surgery. The tumor stage was far more advanced with 27% distant metastases. The overall 37% 5-year-survival rate was significantly different from that after elective operations (57%, p.o. deaths not included). Differences were statistically not significant when respective UICC-stages were compared.
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Das colorectale Carcinom als chirurgischer Notfall.