title: [Carcinoma of the rectum. Considerations on diagnosis and therapy].
abstract: In this review the authors after an introduction on the risk factors, the symptoms and diagnostic aspects of rectal carcinoma, show the different surgical techniques, used second the literature and personal experience on 37 cases for the upper, middle and lower neoplastic lesions of the rectum.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomi Chirurgica, Università degli Studi, Genova.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cariati
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cariati
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Pescio
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lo Casto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cesaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rastelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology