title: [Surgical anatomy of the rectum: technical notes].
abstract: To have a good knowledge of pelvic and rectal areas is very important to avoid major complications of the rectal surgery. Important technical points are: posterior dissection in the pre-sacral space: this space can be easily demonstrated performing the separation immediately behind the superior rectal artery and then cutting the recto-sacral fascia. This is the correct procedure to avoid dangerous bleedings too; total dissection of the mesorectum for neoplastic disease; it is possible to apply this technique for benign diseases too with a minimal bleeding and without an increase of lesions of the nervous plexes; lateral dissection, that follows the posterior dissection, is performed very close to the pelvic wall for neoplastic diseases and very close to the rectum for benign diseases; anterior dissection, that is performed before the Denonvillier's fascia for neoplastic diseases and behind it for benign diseases.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Selvagi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scotto di Carlo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silvestri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canonico
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection; D006801:Humans; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: L'anatomia chirurgica del retto: note di tecnica.