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Intersphincteric Resection for Low Rectal Tumors [electronic resource] / edited by Rudolf Schiessel, Peter Metzger.

By: Schiessel, Rudolf [editor.].
Contributor(s): Metzger, Peter [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: X, 190p. 146 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783709109298.Subject(s): Medicine | Radiotherapy | Oncology | Cancer -- Surgery | Endocrinology | Colon (Anatomy) -- Surgery | Medicine & Public Health | Surgical Oncology | Colorectal Surgery | Proctology | Oncology | RadiotherapyDDC classification: 616.994 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface -- Preoperative diagnostic procedures -- Preoperative therapeutic options .-Rectal surgery -- Preoperative therapeutic options -- Rectal surgery -- Rectal surgery .-Preoperative diagnostic procedures -- Preoperative therapeutic options -- Rectal surgery.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The work describes a new method of sphincter salvage in surgery of rectal cancer. Low tumors of the rectum are traditionally treated with amputation of the rectum. However, this operation is not well-received by patients, since it results in a permanent colostomy. By contrast, intersphincteric resection allows sphincter salvage even in low tumors and is now widely accepted among experts in the field of colorectal surgery. The book will describe the basics (pathology,physiology, radiology) as well as the surgical technique and its different modifications.
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Preface -- Preoperative diagnostic procedures -- Preoperative therapeutic options .-Rectal surgery -- Preoperative therapeutic options -- Rectal surgery -- Rectal surgery .-Preoperative diagnostic procedures -- Preoperative therapeutic options -- Rectal surgery.

The work describes a new method of sphincter salvage in surgery of rectal cancer. Low tumors of the rectum are traditionally treated with amputation of the rectum. However, this operation is not well-received by patients, since it results in a permanent colostomy. By contrast, intersphincteric resection allows sphincter salvage even in low tumors and is now widely accepted among experts in the field of colorectal surgery. The book will describe the basics (pathology,physiology, radiology) as well as the surgical technique and its different modifications.

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