[Colorectal carcinoma--surgical intervention]

Surgery of colorectal cancer can rely on well-tried methods and on the fact that a large proportion of operations have been very successful and "curative". The emphasis is on operations that preserve continence, as well as on appropriate measures to prevent locoregional relapse (adjuvant therapy), on surgery of metastases and problems of aftercare aiming at early surgery in case of relapse and at psychosocial rehabilitation with special reference to the stoma problem.