RESULTS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN COLON SUR GERY - A MULTICENTER STUDY

Surgery of colorectal cancer is suited for assurance of surgical quali ty, The RO-resection rate in 1927 operations for colorectal cancer was 74,4%. The postoperative mortality was 7,1%. Wound suppuration occurr ed after surgery of the colon in 6,5%, after surgery of rectal cancer in 9,9% of the cases, In 68,6% of pT4-tumors we found lymphnode metast asis, in 19,3% around the trunk of the inferior mesenteric artery, For compilation of comparative data the quality assurance in colorectal s urgery should be realised every 3 to 5 years.