[Treatment of rectal carcinoma: our experience].
Authors' experience with 53 patient operated on for adenocarcinoma of the rectum in Oncologic Surgery Department--University of Messina (Italy) was analysed. The development of mechanical devices has allowed surgeons to perform sphincter-saving in patients with medium-lower tumors of the rectum. In this experience abdominoperineal amputation was performed in cases of distal rectal tumors, local transanal excision was performed in 6 cases. There were no statistically significant differences between low anterior resection and abdomino-perineal resection with respect to local (17% vs 16.6%) and distant (16% vs 16%) recurrence.
Università degli Studi di Messina, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale.
F
F
Lemma
F
F
De Francesco
U
U
Torchia
M
M
Marullo
O
O
Geraci
A
A
Querci
C
C
Trimboli
A
A
Cancellieri
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies