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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
Present conventional surgical therapy of obstructive colon cancers of the right colon is primary resection, whereas in the left colon it is a two-stage or three-stage operation with a temporary colostomy. Morbidity and mortality rates in staged operations are still as high as 40% and 24%, respectively. Preoperative recanalization of obstructive cancers by neodymium-YAG laser vaporization will tend to relieve the symptoms of ileus and will permit preoperative peroral bowel lavage. For this reason primary resection with primary anastomosis is practicable in patients who have recovered from symptoms of ileus. In 27 cases who had been operated on with left-side hemicolectomy or anterior resection, the mortality rate was 3.7% (1/27). The total inpatient mortality rate of all laser-treated patients who had been operated on by different operative procedures, or who had not been surgically treated, was 8.8% (5/57).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0013-726X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Preoperative neodymium-YAG laser treatment of obstructive colon cancer.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article