Table I

Clinical Data for Seven Elderly Patients Who Had Duodenal Seromyectomy for Adherent Colonic Carcinoma

Patient no.	Age, yr/sex	Site	Dukes’ class	CEA value	Duodenal invasion	Tumour size, cm	Node involvement	Hospital stay, d	Complications
1	73/F	Ascending colon	C	43	Yes	6.2	–	10	None
2	77/F	Ascending colon	C	68	Yes	5.9	++	11	Urinary tract infection
3	71/M	Hepatic flexure	C	98	Yes	6.4	+	14	None
4	78/F	Ascending colon	C	56	Yes	6.9	+	13	Wound infection
5	75/F	Hepatic flexure	C	105	Yes	6.7	++	14	Chest infection
6	74/M	Ascending colon	C	115	Yes	5.8	–	12	None
7	77/M	Ascending colon	C	77	Yes	6.6	+	16	None

CEA = carcinoembryonic antigen; − = no node involvement, + = ≤ 3 nodes involved, ++ = > 3 nodes involved