title: [Transsacral local wide resection for mid-lower rectal tumors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of transsacral local wide resection for mid-lower rectal tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical data of 133 patients undergone transsacral local wide resection for mid-lower rectal tumors between September 1994 and September 2005 were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No patient died during operation. Fecal fistula occurred in 6(4.5%) patients. Negative resection margin was proved histologically in all the patients. Postoperative diagnosis was adenoma in 28 patients, hyperplastic polyp in 3 patients, carcinoid in 8 patients, gastrointestinal stromal tumor in 1 patient,adenoma with intra-mucosal carcinogenesis in 29 patients and adenocarcinoma invading into submucosa in 64 patients. Median follow-up was 76 months in 64 patients with T(1) adenocarcinoma, whose 5-year cumulative local recurrence and overall survival were 2.0% and 100% respectively. No local recurrence was observed in other patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transsacral local wide resection is simple and safe for mid-lower rectal tumors, which is an appropriate procedure for mid-lower rectal benign tumor and can serve as a sphincter-saving operation for selected T(1) lower rectal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Jiangsu Provincial Cancer Hospital, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jun-Qing
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Jian-Nong
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult