Rectal Cancer Surgery in Patients Older Than 80 Years: Is Hartmann's Procedure Safe?

Conclusion: HP for elderly patients with rectal cancer has similar complication rates to AR, and achieved similar oncological outcomes.

Source: In Vivo - November 3, 2020 Category: Research Authors: IGUCHI, K., MUSHIAKE, H., HASEGAWA, S., INAGAKI, D., FUKUSHIMA, T., NUMATA, M., TAMAGAWA, H., YUKAWA, N., RINO, Y., MASUDA, M. Tags: Clinical Studies Source Type: research