Aim Little is known about the pathophysiology of low anterior resection syndrome (LARS), and evidence concerning management patients diagnosed with this condition scarce. The aim LARS Expert Advisory Panel was to develop practical guidance for healthcare professionals dealing LARS. Method ‘Management guidelines syndrome’ (MANUEL) project promoted by a team eight experts in assessment After face...

The present study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of pelvic anatomical and clinicopathological parameters for use in the estimation of the likely technical difficulties that may be encountered when performing open rectal surgery for mid-low rectal cancer. Sixty consecutive patients, undergoing open rectal surgery for mid-low rectal cancer were recruited between June 2009 and April 2014. ...

ANZ Journal of SurgeryVolume 91, Issue 5 p. 775-778 PERSPECTIVE Anastomosis following low anterior resection: does one size fit all? Joshua A. De Bono BBiomedSc, MBBS, MBBS [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-1561-2221 Department Surgery, Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Contribution: ?Investigation, Writing - original draft, review & editingSearch for more papers by this a...

BACKGROUND We report a case of synchronous rectal and prostate cancer treated successfully with simultaneous da Vinci robotic-assisted low anterior resection of the rectum and robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy to address both cancers. CASE PRESENTATION Recently, minimally invasive surgical techniques using da Vinci robot® system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, USA) were intr...