title: Bradshaw lecture, 1978. Recent trends in the practice of sphincter-saving excision for rectal cancer.
abstract: Current fashions in the use of sphincter-saving resections for carcinoma of the rectum are surveyed, with particular reference to the management of growths of the middle third and to the potential role of recently introduced intestinal stapling devices for construction of the anastomoses.
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008722:Methods; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers