[Comparative evaluation of proximal resections in rectal cancer]

The surgical treatment of rectum cancer in 165 patients with the apparatus AKA-2 for compressive anastomoses was analyzed. The oncological adequacy of proximal resections of the rectum at the distal level of the section not less than 3.5-5 cm from the visually seen margin of the tumor depending on its growth type was shown. Low anterior resection of the rectum in patients with considerable size of the tumors is not oncologically justified.