Rectocolic familial polyposis; a study of 32 cases

Thirty‐two cases of diffuse rectocolic polyposis, with a more or less marked hereditary character, have been analyzed. The homogeneity of the series, derived from the same surgical source and with the cooperation of a genetics department for the familial survey and detection, allowed precise observations on the evolution and treatment of the disease. Besides the imperative indications for removal of the rectum in those cases determined by endoscopy to be either locally degenerate or uncontrollable, a surgical protocol designed to meet more precisely the diagnostic needs must be developed, based on the preservation of the rectum and resulting in its unlimited supervision .