Open AccessFunctional and Oncologic Results after Coloanal Anastomosis for Low Rectal Carcinoma
Author(s) -
P Hautefeuille,
Patrice Valleur,
Thierry Perniceni,
Bernard Martin,
A Galian,
Daniel Cherqui,
Catherine Hoang
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-198801000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , coloanal anastomosis , anastomosis , rectum , surgery , adenocarcinoma , carcinoma , surgical anastomosis , general surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer
Thirty-five patients who had adenocarcinoma of the middle third of the rectum were treated by resection and coloanal anastomosis. The aim of this study was to assess functional and oncologic results of an original technique of coloanal anastomosis. There was no operative mortality, and operative morbidity consisted of seven anastomotic leaks with two failures. Among 31 patients assessed for functional results only one had unsatisfactory results. Good continence was obtained within a few weeks for the 30 patients who had satisfactory results. No patients were lost to follow-up, which was over 5 years in 24 patients (68%). The 5-year survival rate was 64%, identical to that for other series.