Desmoid tumors do not prevent proctectomy following abdominal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
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Desmoid tumors do not prevent proctectomy following abdominal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
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Carol Burke,James M Church,Lisa Laguardia,Margaret O'Malley,Matthew F Kalady,Satish K Warrier,Xhileta Xhaja
1Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 2Sanford R Weiss, MD, Center for Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 3Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Summary
Elective proctocolectomy has been recommended for patients at high risk of desmoids based on the possibility that cancer in a retained rectum may be unresectable because of desmoid disease. There are no data to support the reality of this concern.
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