Roberto Doci

TL;DR: Early surgical complications following colostomy closure in 65 cancer patients operated on at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan were evaluated retrospectively and surgical attention, including meticulous manipulation of the stoma, avoidance of contamination of the wound, tension of sutures, dead spaces, and collection of blood in the wound are the most important principles to minimize postoperative complications.

TL;DR: The main problem was postoperative liver failure in cirrhotic patients, which is difficult to predict and to treat.

TL;DR: Comparing local recurrence, distant metastases, and survival rate in 350 patients with cancer of the middle and low rectum who underwent a radical abdominoperineal resection or a sphincter‐saving resection in the Institute is compared.

TL;DR: Tumor-cell proliferation of liver lesions should be used with stage of the primary colorectal cancer for a more accurate prognosis in patients submitted to curative hepatic resection.