title: [Comparison between primary anastomosis after intraoperative colonic defecation and Hartmann procedure in patients with obstructive left colon cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare primary anastomosis after intraoperative colonic defecation and Hartmann procedure for obstructive left colon cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical data of 68 patients who underwent emergent laparotomy for left colon cancer with acute bowel obstruction between January 2000 and January 2008 were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Primary resection and anastomosis with intraoperative defecation was performed in 43 patients and Hartmann's procedure in 25 cases. Patients in both groups were comparable in terms of age, gender, nutritional status, underlying diseases, tumor location and stage, etc. The morbidity and mortality in the two groups were 25.6% vs 28.0% (P=0.761) and 2.3% vs 4.0% (P=0.369), respectively, and the differences were not statistically significant. The length of hospital stay (including first resection operation and second admission for colostomy closure) was (16.6+/-7.8) d in the primary anastomosis group and (24.6+/-9.4) d in the Hartmann procedure group, and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.002). The costs of hospitalization in the two groups were CNY 50,192.8+/-39,727.4 and CNY 58,382.1+/-30,304.9 (P=0.020).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary resection with intraoperative colonic defecation is safe and effective, and should be considered as an alternative to Hartmann procedure for obstructive left colon cancer in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China. puwaiyajun@yahoo.cn
authors.forename: Ya-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Ang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dong-Bin
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jia-Bang
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003672:Defecation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative; D012189:Retrospective Studies