title: [Minimally invasive surgery and neoplasms of the inferior third of the rectum: personal technique].
abstract: In the last decade minimally invasive surgery has gained an increasing success and was firstly applied to the treatment of benign pathologies, and recently to the malignant ones. The Authors report two cases of inferior rectal neoplasm treated with Miles operation through a video-laparoscopic-perineal approach. The abdominal phase of the operation was performed only through 5 small laparoscopic incisions. The perineal phase and the stoma were performed using traditional technique. The method appears feasible and oncologically correct; however, further trials are needed to evaluate long-term results.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Sassari.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trignano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Padula
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Occhioni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mastino
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pisano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Anna
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014741:Video Recording