Extensive resections of isolated metastasis from carcinoma of the colon and rectum
Rajpal, S.; Dasmahapatra, K.S.; Ledesma, E.J.; Mittelman, A.
Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics 155(6): 813-816
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6087 PMID: 7147160 Document Number: 185027
The results of this study show that hepatic resection for metastatic carcinoma of the colon and rectum is an effective treatment modality. The duration and quality of survival are better than those achieved by an other treatment modalities. The results of this study also show that hepatic resection is a safe procedure; however, a 50 per cent, two of four, mortality rate in patients undergoing a trisegmentectomy for metastatic disease points toward a need for better selection of patients. Adjuvant chemotherapy following hepatic resection has not been shown to be of any benefit in this series.