[Improvement of the effectiveness of the surgical treatment in cancer of the colon].

The authors studied the results of 585 resections of the colon and hemicolectomies which were performed for carcinoma; 105 of the operations were palliative. Among the radical operations 82 (17.1%) and among the palliative operations 28 (26.7%) were combined. 247 patients were 60 years of age and older. In the early postoperative period 5.0% of patients died after radical and 16.2% after palliative operations. Postoperative lethality was higher in combined operations and among elderly and old aged patients.