Clinical, subclinical, pathological characteristics and management for postperitoneal tumors
- Author:
Son Quy Le
;
Trung Thien Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
postperitoneal tumor;
operation;
surgery;
diagnosis
- MeSH:
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms/ surgery;
therapy;
diagnosis;
epidemiology;
- From:Journal of Surgery
2007;57(5):23-33
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Background: Postperitoneal tumors are diseases that are difficult diagnosis, vague and unspecific clinical signs. Objective: To take out experience for clinical practice based on clinical, imaging diagnosis, pathological characteristics and management for postperitoneal tumors. Subjects and method: A retrospective study included 93 cases that diagnosed and treated for postperitoneal tumors at Cho Ray Hospital from January 2000 to November 2006. Clinical, subclinical characteristics and theirs related factors; diagnosis, operation and prognosis for postperitoneal tumors were analysed. Results: The patients\ufffd?average age was 49.98\xb116.37 years (ranged 1-85 years); the ratio of male to female was 0.86. The average time from having pain symptom to admitting hospital was 4.49\xb110.01 months (ranged from 3 days to 60 months). Clinical symptoms were fatigue (51.5%), fever (15%), jaundice (45%), anemia (23.5%), weight loss (58%), abdominal pain (75%), abdominal distention (39%), digestive disorders (31%), touching tumor (50.5%)\ufffd?The diagnosis at admitting were right (32%), wrong (60%) and unclear (8%); the preoperative diagnosis were 70%, 22% and 8%, respectively. Pathologically, 39 of 93 cases (42%) were benign tumors, and 58% were malignant tumors. 61.3% of cases removed completely tumors, 2.15% removed partially tumors. The postoperative outcomes were good (62.6%), unimproved (28.57%), and bad (3.29%). There were some complications, included perioperative bleeding (2 cases - 2.19%), postoperative complication (3 cases - 3.29%), cracked colonic junction (1 case), renal bleeding (1 case) and peritonitis (1 case). Conclusions: The surgical treatment was main method for postperitoneal tumors. The complete tumor removing based on tumor\u2019s nature, stage and related structures.
