Surgical treatment of rectal cancer in middle-aged and elderly patients
Martyniuk, V.V.; Suleĭman, T.A.; Presniakov, V.N.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 159(6): 28-30
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 11209225 Document Number: 517536
This article presents results of surgical treatment of 439 patients with cancer of the rectum, including 310 (70.6%) patients older than 60. The transabdominoperineal extirpation of the rectum was made in 48.1% of the elderly and senile patients, the anterior (transabdominal) resection--in 33.6%, Gartman's operation--in 12.6%, transanal excision of the tumor--in 11 patients. Lethal outcomes after the surgical interventions was 4.8%.