title: [Local excision of rectal carcinoma].
abstract: From January 1985 till December 1994 109 patients with rectal carcinoma were treated by local excision, in 36 patients a radical operation was performed afterwards. In the assessment of tumor infiltration endosonography was superior to rectal-digital examination. In 34 patients with local excised "low risk" T1-carcinomas and tumor free margins no local recurrence was observed. Two of ten patients with local excised "low risk" T1-carcinoma and no adequate margin of healthy tissue developed a local recurrence. Regarding our results the local excision of "low risk" T1-carcinomas seems justified, if final histological workup reveals an adequate margin of healthy tissue.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein- und Abdominalchirurgie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heintz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mörschel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Junginger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation