CLINICAL OUTCOME OF INTERSPHINCTERIC RESECTION FOR ULTRA-LOW RECTAL CANCER

• Main Authors: Valentin L. Ignatov (Author), Nikola Y. Kolev (Author), Anton Y. Tonev (Author), Georgi H. Ivanov (Author), Aleksander K. Zlatarov (Author), Georgi Todorov (Author), Velian Platikanov (Author), Krasimir D. Ivanov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Peytchinski Publishing, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery has been reported to be one of the approaches for total mesorectal excision (TME) in rectal cancer surgery. Intersphincteric resection (ISR) has been reported as a promising method for sphincter-preserving operation in selected patients with very low rectal cancer. M...