[Low anterior resection of the rectum: a new method of forming the reservoir]

A method of forming the rectum reservoir after low anterior resection of the rectum has been developed, consisting in low anterior resection with mesorectumectomy, forming a reservoir from the colon, forming a rectosigmoid passage. The operation was made in 37 patients aged from 47 to 69 years for rectum cancer with the tumor localized in the middle and low ampular part. Complications in the early postoperative period appeared in 16.2% of the patients. There were no lethal outcomes. Mean time of staying at hospital after operation was 11.4 +/- 2.1 days. In the period from 3 to 5 years after operation the indices of fecal continence in patients of the main group and group of comparison (patients operated without forming the reservoir) by Wexner score were close to normal, making 4.6 +/- 0.4 and 3.1 +/- 0.5 scores.