title: Mechanical anterior resection for carcinoma of the midrectum: long-term results.
abstract: Long term results are reported on 108 patients treated by curative mechanical anterior resection for midrectum carcinoma. The functional results were good but there was a large number of local recurrences for carcinoma at Dukes C stage (28% of the total cases). Oncological results suggest that greater importance should be given to early diagnosis and to pathogenesis and risk factors for recurrence.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers