[Diagnostic errors and inadequate therapeutic tactics in tumors of the large intestines]

The authors observed 21 patients after previous non-radical treatment in other medical institutions. The age of the patients was from 38 to 80. Radical operations were performed on all the patients during relaparotomies. The authors make a conclusion that choice of a rational surgical and curative tactics in colonic tumors was determined individually with special reference to the general state of the patient, careful assessment of the degree of local spread of the tumor. A dogmatic approach is thought to be inadmissible.