EXCISION OF RECTAL FISTULÆ.

Local excision of rectal carcinoma.

HYPOTHESIS Selected clinicopathologic characteristics of locally treated rectal cancers are predictive of recurrence. DESIGN Case series review with median follow-up of 6 years. SETTING University medical center. PATIENTS Fifty-eight patients with rectal cancer who underwent local excisions from February 1, 1982, to December 31, 1998. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Local and distant recurrence r...

Two Cases of Branchial Fistulæ

JJ-, a fairly healthy lad of 19, was attacked by pneumonia during last summer, from which he made a rapid recovery. Whilst attending him I noticed a small opening on the right side of his neck, large enough to admit a fine probe. A little u^uco-purulent fluid exuded from it, especially if slight pressure Was applied on the side nearer the head. The orifice was seen to be the termination of a tu...

Pre-Auricular Fistulæ

A Case of Perineal Excision of Ano-Rectal Cancer

Previous History.?The patient could not give any precise date of onset. There was no family history of importance. About 2 years ago she began having slight diarrhoea alternating with constipation; subsequently pain in the anus, especially during the act of defecation; and lately foul-smelling, thin reddish-brown coloured discharge, sometimes mixed with mucus or pus, and occasional haemorrhage....

Local excision of rectal cancer: review of literature.

In selected patients, local excision of rectal cancer may be an alternative to radical surgery such as abdominoperineal excision of the rectum or anterior resection. Local excision carries lower mortality and morbidity, without the functional disturbance or alteration in body image that can be associated with radical surgery. There are several techniques of local therapy for rectal cancer, with...