title: Local recurrence following anterior resection for carcinoma of the rectum with a stapled anastomosis.
abstract: Forty-four patients underwent an anterior resection for carcinoma of the rectum using the EEA stapling device. After a two-year follow-up period, two patients had developed a local recurrence alone, and four a local recurrence in the presence of disseminated disease. These were compared to a group of 108 patients with carcinoma of the rectum who had an anterior resection with a hand-sewn anastomosis. There was no difference in the incidence of local recurrence between the two groups.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D013528:Surgical Staplers