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MORTALITY, MORBIDITY AND SURVIVAL AFTER COLECTOMY FOR COLON CANCER
Author(s) -
Chapuis P. H.,
Pheils M. T.,
Dunn D.,
Bokey E. L.,
Newland R. C.,
Colquhoun K.
Publication year - 1983
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.1445-2197.1983.tb02431.x
Subject(s) - medicine , colectomy , colorectal cancer , cancer , oncology , general surgery , gastroenterology
Between 1971 and 1980, 346 patients had a carcinoma of the colon resected. Seventy‐seven patients had an urgent operation with a hospital mortality of 13.3%; 269 patients had an elective operation with a mortality of 3.8%. Three patients died as a result of anastomotic leakage. Other complications were thromboembolism (2%) and wound infection (14.5%). The overall median survival was 28.4 months and 57 months following curative resection. The clinicopathological staging system used identified 28% of patients as incurable at the time of resection.