The British journal of surgery
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Comparative Study
A 10-year survey of large bowel carcinoma at Groote Schuur Hospital with particular reference to patients under 30 years of age.
In a 10-year survey of large bowel carcinoma at Groote Schuur Hospital 926 cases were studied retrospectively. A marked difference was seen in both the age of presentation and histological differentiation in two different racial groups. ⋯ Predisposing factors, symptomatology, treatment, pathology and prognosis are discussed. It is apparent that large bowel carcinoma in the young has a very poor prognosis.
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Two patients with strictures of the small intestine after blunt abdominal trauma are reported. In the first there were multiple severe injuries and the ileal stricture due to a mesenteric tear was not diagnosed until 6 weeks later. In the second an apparently minor injury was responsible for direct damage to the wall of the jejunum and a subsequent stricture.