Laparoscopic Sphincter Saving Surgery for Node Positive Anorectal Melanoma
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چکیده
Anorectal melanomas (ARM) are rare malignancies accounting for 0.4-0.6% of all melanoma cases and 1% of anorectal malignant tumors [1,2]. Surgery remains the gold standard treatment since melanoma are resistant to chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy. Conventionally two forms of surgical treatment are applicable for ARM–Abdominoperineal resection (APER) and wide local excision (WLE) [3]. Though WLE has been adopted as a safe alternative based on retrospective series, inabilities to dissect the mesorectal nodes as well as higher local recurrence are definite concerns with this procedure. We are describing a case of anorectal melanoma with involved mesorectal nodes treated by laparoscopic intersphincteric resection.
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