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CARCINOMA OF RECTUM: RESULTS FOLLOWING SURGICAL RESECTION 1971–1979 1
Author(s) -
CHAPUIS P. H.,
PHEILS M. T.,
NEWLAND R. C.,
SMYTH E.,
DENT O.,
BOKEY E. L.,
PAYNE J. E.
Publication year - 1982
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.1445-2197.1982.tb05275.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rectum , abdominoperineal resection , resection , surgery , colorectal cancer , rectal carcinoma , carcinoma , surgical resection , cancer
Comparison of 122 patients who have had an abdominoperineal excision of the rectum with 118 patients treated by conventional anterior resection showed no significant difference in patient survival. The grounds were comparable in respect of age, sex, tumour level and pathology. This suggests that conventional restorative resection for rectal cancer may be undertaken without adversely affecting survival.