The author present the laparoscopic coloanal anastomosis and intersphincteric resection technique to treat patients with very low rectal cancer. The operative steps are: 1 - Patient positioning; 2 - Instruments and equip positioning; 3 - Insertion of the ports; 4 - Preparation of the operative field; 5 - Difining and dividing the inferior mesenteric artery and vein by the medial approach; 6 - M...

In recent years, many patients with rectal cancer patients have been surgically treated using a low anterior resection. The low anterior resection has become the operation of choice for patients with mid or lower rectal cancer. A number of studies on the use of a low anterior resection to treat patients with rectal cancer have reported the results in terms of oncologic outcomes and quality of l...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to investigate local control and survival rates following abdominoperineal resection (APR) compared with low anterior resection (LAR) in lower and middle rectal cancer. METHODS In this retrospective study, 153 patients with newly histologically proven rectal adenocarcinoma located at low and middle third that were treated between 2004 and 2010 at a tertiary hospi...