[Primary suture of perineal wound after extirpation of the rectum in rectal cancer].

A comparative estimation of a hermetic suture of the perineal wound in 53 patients and its tight tamponade in 68 patients after extirpation of the rectum for cancer is given. Primary suture may and should be employed during this operative procedure in the absence of diffuse bleeding from the lesser pelvis walls and a damage of the intestine. Hermetic suture of the wound shows some outright advantages: the possibility for patients' rising from bed in earlier terms prevents the occurrence of complications and contributes to shortening of the postoperative period.