[Repeat operations in recurrent cancer of the large intestine].

Results of reoperations for recurrent cancer of the large bowel in 164 patients are analyzed. Radical operations were performed in 110 patients (67.0%). The main operations used were resections of the malignized segment of the bowel (48 patients) and abdomino-perineal extirpation of the bowel with the anastomosed portion of the colon or its stump after the Hartmann operation (38 patients). Postoperative complications were noted in 27.6% of the patients. Lethality after radical operations was 10%. The follow-up analysis has shown that of all the discharged patients 40.7% survived more than 3 years, 31%--more than 5 years.