There have been major advances in the treatment of rectal cancer in the last two decades. Improvements in surgical instrumentation has dramatically impacted the surgical approach to rectal cancer. Particularly laparoscopic procedures have been assumed a central role in the management of benign and malignant colorectal diseases as a result of a recent paradigm shift toward minimally invasive sur...

Thanks to major advances in the field of surgical techniques and neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy, along with more accurate pre-operative staging tools and the widespread introduction of population-based screening programs, treatment of rectal cancer has been evolving over the past few decades, moving towards a more tailored approach. This has brought a shift in the treatment algorithm of ben...

Thanks to major advances in the field of surgical techniques and neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy, along with more accurate pre-operative staging tools and the widespread introduction of population-based screening programs, treatment of rectal cancer has been evolving over the past few decades, moving towards a more tailored approach. This has brought a shift in the treatment algorithm of ben...

Materials and methods First Group: 10 Patients (aged 35-66) operated of Anterior Rectal Resection + Aortic/Caval Lymphadenectomy examined 15 days after the surgical procedure and followed up along 4 years. The conclusion was that rectal surgery is invariably followed by urological/sexual complications. Second Group: 5 Patients (aged 25-71) operated of Anterior Rectal Resection without lymphaden...

Introduction Minimally invasive surgery for colorectal diseases has dramatically changed since the introduction of laparoscopic surgery. The frontline for minimally invasive surgery has further progressed since the advent of robotic surgery, with developments more pronounced for rectal cancers especially considering the perceived technological advantages of robotic surgery over the laparoscopic...