Abstract
Between 1971 and 1980, 346 patients had a carcinoma of the colon resected. Seventy‐seven patients had an urgent operation with a hospital mortality of 13.3%; 269 patients had an elective operation with a mortality of 3.8%. Three patients died as a result of anastomotic leakage. Other complications were thromboembolism (2%) and wound infection (14.5%). The overall median survival was 28.4 months and 57 months following curative resection. The clinicopathological staging system used identified 28% of patients as incurable at the time of resection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 223-228 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- anastomotic leakage
- colectomy
- mortality