Exploring minimally invasive options: Laparoscopic transabdominal levator transection for low rectal cancers

Exploring minimally invasive options: Laparoscopic transabdominal levator transection for low rectal cancers

Extralevator abdominoperineal excision (ELAPE) of the rectum offers wider circumferential margin and decreased rate of intraoperative tumour perforation. However, the need to change the position of the patient in between abdominal and perineal stages of the procedure and extended perineal resection...

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Main Authors: Fadl H Veerankutty, Sidharth Chacko, Vipin I Sreekumar, Prasad Krishnan, Deepak Varma, Prakash Kurumboor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
Subjects:
Abdominoperineal resection
extralevator
laparoscopy
rectal cancer
total mesorectal excision
Online Access:http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2019;volume=15;issue=2;spage=174;epage=176;aulast=Veerankutty

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