[Remote results of the treatment of proximal rectal cancer]

There were presented the late results of surgical treatment in 425 patients, suffering upper ampullar and rectosygmoid rectal cancers, to whom transabdominal rectal resection with the duplicature anastomosis formation in 1989--2002 yrs was done. In 93.4% of observations, according to histological investigation data, adenocarcinoma was diagnosed. Concurrent diseases were noted in 226 (53.2%) of patients. The postoperative complications rate was 13.2%, postoperative mortality--2.6%. Late result of treatment was fair.