title: [Reoperative treatment of recurrent retroperitoneal tumor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve the resection rate and survival rate for recurrent retroperitoneal tumor (RRT).
  
  
  METHODS
  We analysed 34 patients with RRT who were treated in our hospital from 1987 to 1995. One patient had benign tumor, the others malignant. Because 7 patients were operated on over one time, we performed 53 operations including complete resection in 42 patients, palliative resection 8 and biopsy 3.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 1-and 2-year survival rates for complete resection cases were 71.2% and 65.3%. The patients who received palliative resection and biopsy died within one year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis, preoperative preparation and intraoperative management of RRT are important to operative safety and survival rate. We emphasize the importance of reoperation and complete resection for RRT.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies