J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 99(6): 391-395, 1998

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POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE PRESERVED RECTAL SEGMENT IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS：THE USE OF 5-F LUOROURACIL SUPPOSITORIES AND GREEN TEA EXTRACT TO INHIBIT TUMOR GROWTH

1) First Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
2) Department of Surgery, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Japan

Daisuke Ichikawa1), Toshio Takahashi1), Tetsuo Adachi1), Akio Kimura1), Morio Shirasu1), Hirohiko Matsumoto1), Kazuya Kitamura1), Tetsuro Yamane2), Toshiharu Yamaguchi1)

We report the clinical details of seven patients with familial polyposis. They underwent subtotal colectomy with ileorectostomy, and were treated with 5-fiuorouracil suppositories and green tea extract after surgery. Some regression of the polyps in the preserved rectal segment was observed, and no rectal cancer developed in any of these patients.

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