[Informative value of special examinations in establishing spreading of sigmoid colon and rectal cancer].

On the basis of the experience with treatment of more than 500 patients with sigmoid and rectal cancer, the informative value of the instrumental methods of investigation used for more precise definition of a stage of the disease is analysed. A scheme for rational examination of the patients is suggested.

[Prognosis of the inflammatory complications after radical operations for cancer of the colon and rectum].

The study was concerned with identification of a group at high risk for complications following surgery for colorectal cancer. A correlational analysis of a complicated postoperative clinical course versus patients' initial status and type of surgery was carried out. A regression equation was obtained for predicting immediate results of surgery as well as assessing the effect of the said factors on complication development in the course of correction treatment.