Quality of Life and Bowel Function Following Early Closure of a Temporary Ileostomy in Patients with Rectal Cancer: A Report from a Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.

The aim of this study was to assess quality of life and bowel function in patients undergoing early vs. standard ileostomy closure. We retrospectively assessed patients from our previous randomized controlled trial.

Early versus standard closure of temporary ileostomy in patients with rectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial.

Background And Objectives: A significant proportion of patients undergoing rectal cancer surgery receive a temporary ileostomy because of its benefits in case of anastomotic dehiscence. However, the best timing for closure remains unclear.

Methods: Early closure (EC; 30 days after creation) and standard closure (SC; 90 days after creation) of ileostomy were compared in a single-center randomized controlled trial conducted at National Cancer Institute (Vilnius, Lithuania).

[Prognostic factors for resectable esophageal cancer].

Unlabelled: Objective was to evaluate prognostic factors influencing the postoperative mortality after esophagectomy.

Material And Methods: The results of surgical treatment of 106 patients suffering from esophageal cancer were analyzed retrospectively. The presurgical risk factors in the surviving patients (group I, n=94) and in those patients, who died within the postoperative period (group II, n=12), were compared.

[Surgery for esophageal cancer: 10 years experience].

Unlabelled: Objective of work was to evaluate efficacy of surgery for esophageal cancer with one-step gastric pipe reconstruction, to analyze postoperative complications, causes of deaths and patient's life expectancy. In 1992-2002 in Clinic of Surgery Vilnius University Institute of Oncology 213 patients underwent surgery for esophageal cancer; 177 patients (83.0%) were applied transthoracic approach, 34 patients (15.