title: Please doctor - no colostomy.
abstract: Many cancers of the rectum are discovered which are too low for the standard abdominal resection and anastomosis; therefore an abdominal perineal resection and colostomy are performed. Three new techniques are described which will allow a number of these patients to have their low rectal tumors resected with primary anastomosis, so that a colostomy is avoided. These are very grateful patients.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Rudd