ABSTRACT

Factors such as supporting the nutritional status of patients, blood transfusion in the preoperative period, thromboembolism prophylaxis in high risk patients, low rates of wound infection, and anastomotic leakage may lead to reduced rates of postoperative complications and peroperative mortality, and improve overall survival.

Curative surgery was performed in 94.6% and 94.2% of colon and rectal cancer patients, respectively. Comorbid diseases were present in 85 patients (42.5%). Wound infection and anastomotic leakage were seen in 3% and 1.5% of the patients, respectively. Five-year survival rates were 96.3%, 87.9%, 78.9%, and 32% for colon cancer patients with stage I, II, III, and IV, respectively. The survival rates for rectal cancer were 93.3%, 96.4%, 82.6%, and 33.3% for stage I, II, III, and IV, respectively.

In this study, 200 colorectal cancer patients who were operated on electively between February 2000 and October 2005 were analyzed. Demographic features, comorbid factors, postoperative complica-tions, and survival rates were evaluated.

To determine the institutional results of treatment of colorectal cancer, including survival rates and factors related to survival.