A method of palliation for obstructive carcinoma of the rectum
Zinkin, L.D.; Katz, L.D.; Rosin, J.D.
Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics 148(3): 427-428
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6087 PMID: 84407 Document Number: 145778
The use of the resectoscope has several advantages in treating the patient with inoperable obstructive carcinoma of the rectum, particularly when compared with fulguration. It is immediate in its results, as often testified to by the sudden outpouring of blockaded feces. It is also safer in allowing greater amounts of tissue to be resected with less depth of tissue injury by the electrical output. It avoids the need for a colostomy. It requires the sills of someone able to handle the instrument, and the procedure should be a joint effort by the surgeon and urologist. The use of the urologic resectoscope should prove to be a useful addition in the surgeon's armamentarium in a selected number of patients.