title: Outcome after emergency subtotal/total colectomy compared to elective resection in patients with left-sided colorectal carcinoma.
abstract: Long term survival of 72 patients who underwent an emergency one-stage subtotal/total colectomy with primary anastomosis for obstructing carcinoma of the left colon was compared with 141 patients who underwent an elective procedure for non-obstructing carcinoma of the same location. Patients who presented with intestinal obstruction were older than electively treated patients (68.5 versus 62.1 years), postoperative mortality was higher (13.8% versus 7.8%). 5-year survival rate of patients treated by R0 emergency subtotal/total colectomy was comparable to electively R0 resected patients (69% versus 61%). There was no significant difference in survival comparing the same Dukes' stage between the two groups. One-stage procedure could be regarded as a preferred method of treatment in patients with obstructing carcinoma of the left colon, either as a subtotal/total colectomy in cases when the colonic wall is endangered or as a resection with primary colo-colonic anastomosis after on-table lavage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omejc
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Stor
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jelenc
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Repse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome