title: [Multivisceral resection of advanced colorectal cancer].
abstract: From 1 September to 1 January 1990, a total of 1232 patients underwent surgery for colorectal cancer. Resection was performed on 1112 (90.3%) patients. It was curative in 917 cases and palliative in 195. Multivisceral resection was necessary 82 times because of tumour infiltration of adjacent organs (curative: 69 cases; palliative: 13 cases). The complication rate (26.7% vs 27.5%) and mortality rate (3.4% vs 2.9%) were similar to those for curative resections without multivisceral extension. The 5-year survival rate was also similar in the two groups (58% vs 55%). These results show that curative multivisceral resections can lead to the same long-term results as conventional curative resections. These data are encouraging, and tumour infiltration of neighbouring organs should not be taken to demonstrate inoperability.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemein-, Thorax- und endokrine Chirurgie, Städtisches Klinikum, Nürnberg.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Schultheis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruckriegel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gebhardt
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery