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1393488

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-five patients of mean age 69 (range 41-96) years with rectal cancer (Dukes' A:B:C, 11:24:20) underwent anterior resection using a double stapling technique under the care of one consultant surgeon between 1983 and 1988. The mean distance of the anastomosis from the anal margin was 7.2 (range 4-13) cm. The clinical leak rate was 9 per cent (five patients). There were three postoperative deaths from pulmonary embolism, lower limb ischaemia and renal failure. On prospective follow-up, 35 patients had no evidence of local or systemic cancer a median of 32 (range 24-84) months after operation; seven have died from unrelated diseases and ten from metastatic cancer. Pelvic recurrence, in four patients at 9, 11, 12 and 50 months, has occurred only in association with widespread metastasis. These results suggest that the theoretical risks of an increase in the local recurrence rate of rectal cancer after resection using a double stapling technique are not substantiated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
836-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Local recurrence after anterior resection for rectal cancer using a double stapling technique.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General Surgery, Salisbury General Infirmary, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article