[Carcinomas of the right colon. A review of 60 consecutive cases]

Sixty consecutive cases of tumor of the right colon operated upon between 1981 and 1991 are reviewed. Age and sex distribution, clinical findings, preoperative diagnostics and system used staging, TNM classification, surgical management, operative mortality, follow up and survival were analyzed. Results are discussed and compared with published data. In the second of the two 5-year period considered an increased incidence of right-sided carcinoma compared with tumors of the left colon and rectum was observed. According to the TNM classification, more than 50% of patients were in stage III. Operative mortality was 5%. The overall 5-year survival rate was 58%, while the survival rate of patients treated with radical intent was 70%.