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Turnbull–Cutait technique without ileostomy after total mesorectal excision is associated with acceptably low early post‐operative morbidity
Author(s) -
Guner Osman Serhat,
Tumay Latif Volkan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.16412
Subject(s) - medicine , stoma (medicine) , ileostomy , surgery , complication , total mesorectal excision , anastomosis , stage (stratigraphy) , colorectal cancer , coloanal anastomosis , general surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
This study aimed to compare the standard one‐stage coloanal anastomosis (CAA) technique plus diverting ileostomy and the Turnbull–Cutait technique with delayed CAA in terms of early post‐operative morbidity in patients with low rectal cancer, and found that the two techniques did not differ in terms of early post‐operative morbidity. Thus, the Turnbull–Cutait technique may be considered in distal rectal cancer patients refusing to have a stoma and in patients in whom CAA poses technical difficulties during the initial operation.