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Table 1 Patients' and Tumour Characteristics (N = 50)

From: Results of emergency Hartmann's operation for obstructive or perforated left-sided colorectal cancer

Parameter

 

Gender

 

   Male

24

   Female

26

Age, median (range)

75 (22–95)

Tumour location

 

   Colon

35

   Rectum

15

Tumour stage

 

   II

13

   III

21

   IV

16

Adjuvant treatment

 

   None

31

   Radiation therapy

3

   Chemotherapy

16

Restoration of intestinal continuity

 

   No

39

   Yes

11

Cause of death (N = 29)

 

   Cancer

23 (local recurrence = 6)

   Postoperative

4

   Non cancer-related

2