Treatment of severe actinic rectitis

BACKGROUND: The authors report the treatment of three female patients with severe actinic rectitis, with stenosis or perforation, submitted to anterior proctosigmoidectomy and transanal coloanal anastomosis. METHODS: In all cases surgery consisted of total proctosigmoidectomy, mucosectomy of the ana...

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Main Authors: Benedito Mauro Rossi, Wilson Toshihiko Nakagawa, José Augusto P. Fernandes, Ademar Lopes, Lauma Dzidra Paegle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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