Prognostic significance of sealed-off perforation in colon cancer: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perforated colon cancer is a rare complication, but has a high risk of recurrence. However, most studies have not distinguished sealed-off perforation from free perforation, and the prognosis is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the oncologic outcome of colon cancer with sealed-off perforation.

Methods

Eighty-six consecutive patients who underwent resection for colon cancer with sealed-off or free perforation were included. We defined sealed-off perforation as a colon perforation with localized abscess identified on operative, computed tomography, or pathologic findings, with no evidence of free perforation, including fecal contamination and dirty fluid collection in the peritoneal cavity. Oncologic outcomes were compared between patients with colon c

SUBMITTER: Lee KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280413 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature