[Survival in a sample of patients operated on for carcinoma of the colorectum].

The authors report the results of different types of surgical treatment performed on a sample group of 51 patients chosen on a total of 308 patients operated for cancer of the colon rectum in the period 1965-1979. They also make their considerations about the most common complications arising in the early and late post operative period, the quality of life achieved by the patients and the survival rate related to the various types of operations performed.