A Comparison of Restorative Resection of Carcinoma of the Middle Third of the Rectum with Abdominoperineal Excision | Zendy

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A Comparison of Restorative Resection of Carcinoma of the Middle Third of the Rectum with Abdominoperineal Excision

Author(s) -

Penfold J. C. B.

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

australian and new zealand journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1445-2197

pISSN - 0004-8682

DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb03902.x

Subject(s) - medicine , abdominoperineal resection , rectum , resection , pathological , rectal carcinoma , surgery , carcinoma , colorectal cancer , cancer , pathology

The results in patients with middle‐third rectal cancers treated by restorative resection have been predicted by careful examination of 546 abdominoperineal excision specimens, for tumour that might have been left behind if the more limited resection had been performed. It was found that in the patient who had such tumours the survival rate was very poor. It is, therefore, concluded that restorative resection for middle‐third rectal cancers, when technically possible, is justified on pathological grounds.

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