Open AccessPreoperative Parameters Expanding the Indication of Sphincter Preserving Surgery in Patients With Advanced Low Rectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Hideki Ueno,
Hidetaka Mochizuki,
Yojiro Hashiguchi,
Keiichi Ishikawa,
Hajime Fujimoto,
Eiji Shinto,
Kazuo Hase
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000103070.13030.eb
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominoperineal resection , anal canal , sphincter , colorectal cancer , surgery , resection margin , rectum , cancer , histology , incidence (geometry) , risk factor , external anal sphincter , resection , physics , optics
To clarify the preoperative parameters of the required distal margin that can be applied to the criteria of sphincter-preserving surgery in rectal cancer.