[Combination primary restorative surgical interventions in cancer of the rectum in women]

In the past 15 years, 136 combined operations in women with locally disseminated rectal cancer were performed. Eighty-two (60.3%) operations were primary-restorative. After them, the lethality was 2.9%, 3- and 5-year survival--64 and 40%, respectively. The performance of the combined sphincter-preserving operations is expedient, despite the spreading of the primary tumour.