title: [Carcinoma of the splenic flexure. Nosological and therapeutic contribution].
abstract: Twenty-one patients undergoing colectomy for carcinoma of the splenic flexure from November 1996 throughout October 1993 were studied retrospectively. Clinical and prognostic features were compared with those of other colon cancers treated in the same period at the same Institution. No differences in symptoms at onset and stage distribution were found in the two groups. The complex removal of the cancer tissue was achieved with the resection of the major part of the transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon and its mesocolon. The splenic flexure cancer did not show a worse prognosis than other colon cancers.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi, La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tocchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lepre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liotta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzoni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agostini
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors