Blair's Successful War: British Military Intervention in Sierra Leone

The results of surgical treatment of 765 patients with colonic cancer are analysed, The resectability was 68.7%, postoperative mortality--in 16.3%. The most frequent causes of lethal issues were peritonitis and acute cardiovascular disturbances. The survival of 5 years and longer after radical operations was noted in 53.4 +/- 3.4%. The survival rate in patients with cancer of the right colon is reliably higher than that with the left colon involved. Hemicolectomy yielded better results compared with segmental resections. The worst results of the treatment were noted in stage T4--T3. The presence of metastases in regional lymph nodes reduces 3 times the number of patients survived for 5 years after radical surgery, compared with those without regional metastases. Late results of the treatment in mucous and solid cancers were several times worse than in adenocarcinoma.