TY - JOUR
AU - Donovan, I A
AB - Correspondence the incidence of recurrence varies from 7 per cent’ to 17 per cent’, 21 per cent’ and 31 per cent4. Manson et al. made the point that many of these elderly and infirm patients do not survive long enough to Sir develop recurrent prolapse and further recurrence may be dealt with by I read with interest the paper by Mr T. T. Irvin on ‘Prognosis of a repeat Delorme’s procedure. colorectal cancer in the elderly’ (Br J Surg 1988; 75: 419-21). Delorme’s operation offers a simple and relatively safe procedure The major difference between this study and the study which was with a good functional result for the elderly and frail patient with a full reported from Birmingham in 1986 is in the incidence of emergency thickness rectal prolapse. presentation of the disease, both in the under 70 and in the over 70 age N. D. Heaton group. In the Birmingham series, 58 per cent of the elderly patients were J. A. Rennie admitted as an emergency and 43 per cent of the younger age group; whereas, in Mr Irvin’s study corresponding figures are 18 and The Dulwich Hospital 11 per cent. It was the high incidence of 
TI - Colorectal cancer in the elderly
JO - British Journal of Surgery
DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800750836
DA - 1988-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/colorectal-cancer-in-the-elderly-Ny3vohfo0r
SP - 828
EP - 828
VL - 75
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -