John R.T. Monson Archives

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Introduction Surgery for low rectal cancer is technically challenging. Traditionally, low rectal cancers were treated with either transanal excision, at the risk of compromising oncologic outcomes, or abdominoperineal resection (APR), which led to a significant impact on a patient’s functional…

Low anterior resection for rectal cancer

Introduction Following the results of multiple randomized controlled trials demonstrating improved short-term outcomes and equivalent oncologic outcomes compared to an open approach, laparoscopic colectomy has become the operation of choice for colon cancer. However, given the technical difficulty of operating…

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New platforms for low rectal cancer

Low anterior resection for rectal cancer