[Ambulatory treatment of patients with malignant polyps of the distal parts of the large intestine].

The article deals with the evaluation of treatment of polyps which had undergone malignant degeneration and polypoid carcinoma of the sigmoid and rectum in immediate and late-term follow-up periods. There were 106 patients under observation. Histological study revealed adenocarcinoma in 19 patients, lymphosarcoma in one patients, and malignant degeneration of polyps in the remaining patients. The polyp was located in the rectum in 86 and in the sigmoid colon in 20 patients. The polyps were removed in most cases through a transanal approach in out-patient clinics. The polyp recurred only in 2 cases 6 and 12 months after removal. Timely recognition and removal of malignant polyps of the rectum and sigmoid colon can be achieved in any outpatient clinic and do not need any complex medical equipment, are not attended by complications, and leads to radical cure of the patient.