SUCCESSFUL ONE-STAGE OPERATION FOR COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTIVE COLORECTAL-CARCINOMA

We describe herein a new and successful method of performing a safe an d steady one-stage operation for completely obstructive colorectal car cinoma. First, a long ileus tube is utilized to decompress the dilated proximal bowel preoperatively and irrigate the feces-loaded colon int raoperatively, Following this procedure, a standard resection with rad ical lymph node dissection is carried out without a diverting colostom y, We performed this procedure successfully in seven patients, none of whom developed any anastomotic leakage.