Obstructing left sided colorectal cancer. A retrospective single center study.

CONCLUSIONS: A review of the literature reveals that primary resection and anastomosis for left-sided obstructing CRC is the correct therapeutic strategy in low risk patients with localized, resectable carcinoma, without peritonitis; Hartmann's procedure should be adopted in doubtful cases and in high risk patients. PMID: 30569909 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia - Category: Surgery Tags: Ann Ital Chir Source Type: research