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6181841

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
With increasing emphasis on sphincter preservation in the treatment of low carcinomas of the rectum, it is important to know whether such a policy results in satisfactory rectal function and long term survival. In 368 patients operated upon for carcinoma of the rectum between 1958 and 1980, a consistent policy of sphincter preservation was followed, and resulted in 222 (61 per cent) patients having a restorative resection (RR), whilst 132 (37 per cent) had an abdominoperineal excision (APE); 271 (76 per cent) had a radical operation with a hope of cure. Overall operative mortality was 5 per cent (2.6 per cent in the radical group) and the leakage rate in the 222 restorative anastomoses was 5 per cent. Follow-up of 98 per cent of patients treated over 5 years ago has been possible. Special attention has been paid to the late results in patients having a restorative resection of tumours at and below 8 cm: all these patients are continent and there is no excess of late pelvic recurrent. Corrected 5-year survival rates are 72 per cent for abdominoperineal excision and 84 per cent for restorative resection.
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
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
564-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Long term results of a consistent policy of sphincter preservation in the treatment of carcinoma of the rectum.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article