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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
In 126 consecutive patients operated on for carcinoma of the lower two-thirds of the rectum, a consistent policy of sphincter preservation resulted in 100 (79 per cent) having anterior resection and 22 (17 per cent) abdominoperineal resection. Perioperative complications in the anterior resection group were: death (two patients), clinical leakage (three patients), pulmonary embolism (five patients), pelvic haematoma (one patient), small bowel obstruction (one patient) and wound sepsis (six patients). Of 55 patients who had a potentially curative anterior resection with follow-up of at least 2 years, one developed local recurrence. Five per cent of patients had significant continence problems. Low anterior resection for carcinoma is associated with low perioperative morbidity, satisfactory functional results and acceptable local recurrence rates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1061-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Declining indications for abdominoperineal resection.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article