title: [Perioperative complications in traditional surgery of the rectum].
abstract: The authors report their experience of 136 operations for rectal neoplasms, on all of 652 colo-rectal neoplasms, treated from January 1987 to May 1994. In detail the perianastomotic complications have been tested after "traditional" rectal operations: Anterior Resection (RA), Abdomino-perineal amputation (AAP) and Hartmann's procedure. A series of 24 AAP (18%), 81 RA (60%) and 7 Hartmann's procedure have been considered; conversely 18 final and palliative colostomies (13%) and 7 trans-anal operations haven't been taken in to account. Perioperative mortality was comparatively reasonable: 2.7%. No patient died after AAP. The most common complication proved to be anastomotic leak (17.3%), after RA; otherwise the rate of further complications was very moderate. It is feasible to avoid anastomotic leaks, by carrying out a temporary colostomy.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgia Generale II, Ospedale C. Poma, Mantova.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontanili
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caforio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Asteria
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D003125:Colostomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Le complicanze perioperatorie nella chirurgia tradizionale del retto.