Methods: A total of 387 patients underwent oncological resection for rectal cancer in our institution between January 2000 and December 2009. 106 patients received an intensified radiochemotherapy.

In others, surgery cannot be done because removing the tumor would take too much of the organ it has invaded along with it. For example, a wedge resection is a surgical procedure often used to treat ...

Traditionally, rectal cancer surgery has involved either a low anterior resection – removing the part of the rectum containing the cancer and reconnecting the remaining part of the rectum to the colon ...

Wedge resection surgery is a procedure to remove a triangular-shaped section of your lung. Your provider may recommend this surgery to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). You may also have a ...

Proctoscopic examination of colostomies should be carried out after abdominoperineal resection because it is easy to proctoscope a colostomy before the patient goes home. There are definite ...

It has been stated that abdominoperineal resection of the rectum adversely affects sexual function. Since ulcerative colitis is primarily a disease of young adults, such a consideration is important.