ABSTRACT
The data of 1740 patients (during 20 years) with rectal cancer were analyzed. Planned operations were performed in 95.8% of patients. The adenocarcinoma was verified in all patients. Accompanying pathology was detected in 84.9% of patients and the pathology of cardiovascular system was more frequent (76.6%). Complicated course of tumourous process was revealed in 4.5% of patients (cases of bowel obstruction, the perifocal inflammation). The majority of patients had the II, III stage of the oncologic process. All operations were performed by conventional (open) way. The number of anterior resection of the rectum increased and the number of abdominoanal resection with bringing down reduced. The specific weight of sphincter preserving operations, which were completed by forming a colostomy decreased. The quantity of performed abdominoperineal extirpation was constant.
