Surgical and oncological short-term outcomes of prone extralevator abdominoperineal excision for low rectal cancer

Introduction: In recent years, a standardized surgical approach for low rectal cancer was proposed and adopted in many centres. The extralevator abdominoperineal excision introduce an extensive resection of the pelvic floor and demonstrated superiority if the procedure is done in the prone jack-knif...

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Main Authors: Daniel Cesar, Rodrigo Araujo, Marcus Valadão, Eduardo Linhares, Fernando Meton, José Paulo de Jesus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936317305804