[Postoperative suppurative complications and immune status in the surgical treatment of rectal neoplasms]

The authors studied the course of the disease in the postoperative period in 308 patients with carcinoma of the rectum. The literature data and personal experience made it possible to reveal the high frequency of purulent complications among this category of patients. In view of this, the values of humoral and cellular metabolism were studied in some patients with uncomplicated forms of rectal carcinoma. Special attention was given for the first time to the peculiarities of local defence reactions of the peritoneum.