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KMID : 0356719980140020209
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Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
1998 Volume.14 No. 2 p.209 ~ p.218
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Management for Obstructed Carcinoma of the Left Colon
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Kim Hyun-Chul
Baek Moo-Jun
Park Nae-Kyung
Lee Moon-Soo
Jang Yong-Seok
Song Ok-Pyung
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Abstract
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The management of malignant left colon obstruction remains a difficult problem. Conventional surgical treatment is muti-staged and each stage carries its own morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study is to identify the feasibility and safety of one stage operation in patients presenting with acute obstruction of the left colon. From January 1991 to June 1996, 29 patients received one stage resection for acutely obstructed carcinoma of the left colon at Soonchunhyang University Chunan Hospital. Subtotal colectomies were performed in 9 patients(31.0%), left hemicolectomies in 6(20.7%), low anterior resection in 6(20.7%), sigmoid colectomy in 4(13.8%), anterior resection in 4 patients(13.8%). Subtotal colectomy was performed in patients with massively distended colon of dubious viability and to contain ischemic lesions at proximal colon. Total operative mortality was 6.9%: 5% in the immediate resection with anastomosis group, 11.1% in subtotal colectomy group. Complications included wound infection(4), fecal incontinence(2), intestinal obstruction(2), anastomotic leakage(1), upper G-I bleeding(1), postoperative bleeding(1), pulmonary complication(1). Our results suggest that resection and primary anastomosis can be performed with acceptable morbidity and mortality in patients with acute malignant obstruction of the left colon.
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KEYWORD
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Malignant left colon obstruction, One stage resection
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