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LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION
Author(s) -
KILLINGBACK MARK
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb06437.x
Subject(s) - medicine , resection , stoma (medicine) , surgery , general surgery
A personal series of 93 patients treated by low anterior resection for carcinoma (87) and benign disease (6) is reviewed to highlight the technical problems and complications of the operation. The series comprises two groups for comparison of (i) technique of anastomosis; (ii) the use of protective stoma; and (Hi) methods of drainage.