Surgical treatment of colorectal carcinoma

06/2018

Prof. MUDr. Jiří Hoch, CSc., FCMA

Chirurgická klinika 2. LF UK a FN v Motole, Praha

SUMMARY

Surgery is a basic, irreplaceable and yet the only curative way of oncotherapy of colon and rectum cancer. In the review, the important moments of the tumors of both two localities are mentioned - the extent of resection on the gut or the rectum, the extent of lymphadenectomy, the removal of the mesocolon or mesorectum, conventional and mini-invasive surgical approach, anastomosis, anastomotic complications and their prevention, some perioperative aspects such as intestinal preparation and antibiotic prophylaxis, solution of acute conditions and the position of surgery among other modalities of oncological treatment.

KEY WORDS

colorectal carcinoma, surgery, radicality, total mesorectal excision, complete mesocolic excision, acute conditions