MORTALITY, MORBIDITY AND SURVIVAL AFTER COLECTOMY FOR COLON CANCER
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 53 (3) , 223-228
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02431.x
Abstract
Between 1971 and 1980, 346 patients had a carcinoma of the colon resected. A total of 77 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 mo. and 57 mo. following curative resection. The clinicopathological staging system used identified 28% of patients as incurable at the time of resection.Keywords
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