CASE REPORT PARTICULAR CASE OF STENOTIC COLON CANCER – THERAPEUTIC ATTITUDE
Abstract:
The advanced stage of a left colon cancer can raise the problem of a limited surgical
procedure, with the main purpose of restoring the intestinal transit. This localization of the tumour has a
large number of controversies regarding the surgical intervention being performed in one session or
multiple sessions. We present the case of a 71 years old patient, diagnosed with cancer of the splenic
flexure of the colon. Intraoperatively, we identified multiple necrosis areas in the ascending colon and in
cecum, taking the decision to perform in the first session only a cecostomy due to the risk of diastatic
perforation of the cecum. Subsequently, the patient returned to our department and we performed a left
hemicolectomy and afterwards we closed the cecostomy.
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