title: Perineal wound healing after proctectomy for carcinoma and inflammatory disease.
abstract: The rate of wound healing after proctectomy was assessed in a series of 105 patients. Early healing was dependent principally on the primary diagnosis, to a lesser extent on faecal contamination and was not related to steroid administration. Early healing (with 3 months) occurred in 72 per cent of patients undergoing operation for cancer and 45 per cent of these operated on for ulcerative or Crohn's colitis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000601:surgery*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids