[Damage Control Surgery for Perforation of Colon Cancer].

Perforation due to colon cancer maycause peritonitis and septic shock. In these cases, we maynot be able to rescue the patients in spite of emergencysurgical intervention; in these conditions, owing to limitations of operation time, it is difficult for us to assess the state or extent of the disease and to perform an ideal oncological surgerywith dissection of lymph nodes. To overcome these limitations, we introduce the concept of "damage control surgery" developed in the trauma region to treat perforations of colon cancer.