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Rectal reconstruction by a combined abdominotranssacral approach: Report of three cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A method of a combined abdominotranssacral approach for reconstruction of the rectum is described. The application of the technic for the salvage of small rectal stumps in three particularly diffcult clinical situations is demonstrated. Anastomosis is possible as low as 2 cm above the pectinate line with resultant true sphincteric continence

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  1. Department of Surgery of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Gerald Marks M.D.

  2. Surgical Service of the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Gerald Marks M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New York, New York, June 11 to 14 1972.

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Marks, G. Rectal reconstruction by a combined abdominotranssacral approach: Report of three cases. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 378–387 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587581

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