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Proctectomy and coloanal reconstruction for rectal cancer
A M Cohen1, W E Enker, B D Minsky
1Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
There is increasing interest in the use of coloanal reconstruction following proctectomy for low rectal cancer. The authors review the surgical options for such sphincter-saving approaches, and report their pilot experience with eight patients receiving high-dose preoperative radiation with subsequent proctectomy and endoanal anastomosis. There were no anastomotic leaks.