CLINICAL OUTCOME OF INTERSPHINCTERIC RESECTION FOR ULTRA-LOW RECTAL CANCER

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...

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Main Authors: Valentin L. Ignatov, Nikola Y. Kolev, Anton Y. Tonev, Georgi H. Ivanov, Aleksander K. Zlatarov, Georgi Todorov, Velian Platikanov, Krasimir D. Ivanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peytchinski Publishing 2012-03-01
Series:Journal of IMAB
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Online Access:http://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issue-2012/book1/JofIMAB2012vol18b1p226-230.pdf