Journal:
:iranian journal of medical sciences
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leila ghahramani colorectal research center, faghihi hospital, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
saeed yazdani colorectal research center, faghihi hospital, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
saeed derakhshani department of general surgery, chamran hospital, tehran, iran
abbas rezaianzadeh research center for health sciences, school of health, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
reza jalli department of radiology, nemazee hospital, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
bita geramizadeh department of pathology, school of medicine, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
background: the gold standard of the management of rectal cancer in the middle and lower parts is low anterior resection with coloanal anastomosis. about 50% of the patients undergoing this procedure might experience some complications because of the low capacity of the neorectum. the aim of this study was to evaluate ileal j-pouch interposition as a neorectum between the anal canal and the rem...