Aortoiliopelvic lymphadenectomy in surgical treatment of rectal cancer

The results of aortoiliopelvic lymphadenectomy in macroscopic changes in lymphatic nodes being revealed intraoperatively in 73 patients with locally spread rectal cancer, are represented. Morphological examination of the removed tissues made it possible to reveal metastatic involvement of paraaortal and iliac lymphatic nodes in 57.3% of patients. In 36.9% of cases combined radical operations were performed. There were no lethal outcomes. Postoperative complications were detected in 37.9% of cases, among them atony of the urine bladder in 30.1% and inflammatory processes in pelvic cavity--in 8.2%. And in 9 men with normal sexual potency before the operation it resulted in impotency after surgery. 5-year survival made up 27.4% including cases with metastatic involvement of lymphatic nodes--19.3%, and without it--35.7%.