TY - JOUR
T1 - The technical aspects of rectal cancer surgery
AU - Chen, Ina
AU - Glasgow, Sean C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Despite recent advances in perioperative chemoradiation for the treatment of rectal cancer, surgery remains the only curative therapy for most patients. Surgeries for rectal cancer are considered some of the most technically challenging operations for colorectal surgeons due to the anatomy of the pelvis, proximity to critical structures, and the widespread use of preoperative chemoradiation. This review will focus on the technical aspects of surgery for rectal cancer and appraise the current literature on select controversial topics.
AB - Despite recent advances in perioperative chemoradiation for the treatment of rectal cancer, surgery remains the only curative therapy for most patients. Surgeries for rectal cancer are considered some of the most technically challenging operations for colorectal surgeons due to the anatomy of the pelvis, proximity to critical structures, and the widespread use of preoperative chemoradiation. This review will focus on the technical aspects of surgery for rectal cancer and appraise the current literature on select controversial topics.
KW - Abdominoperineal resection
KW - Low anterior resection
KW - Rectal cancer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064257688&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1053/j.scrs.2019.04.005
DO - 10.1053/j.scrs.2019.04.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064257688
VL - 30
SP - 68
EP - 74
JO - Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery
JF - Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery
SN - 1043-1489
IS - 2
ER -